I'll do it... but it just seems a waste...
Posted on 10/26/2009 4:32:01 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
I'll do it... but it just seems a waste...
Are you series?
Being nice is nice...but, I flat refuse to join hands and sing Kumbya or It’s a small world after all...maybe a good drinking song would be ok.
As it stands it is almost impossible to "fit in" without lurking for a number of months then screwing your courage to the sticking place before offering yourself for sacrifice at the discretion of the FReeper's mood that day. And I say this as someone who LOVES this site!
A bit of a leash and training for noobies plus a little (maybe just a tiny bit) of restraint on the part of us with more experience (I only have one year here) might make things a little easier for good conservatives to get up to speed and discourage trolls and idiots from bothering us so much.
You misspelled "horde."
;-p
Should have known something was up when she started posting all the Tom Cruise threads.
In my case, I arrived here because someone who I greatly admired suggested I stop in. Once here, I was very impressed with the high level of discourse, compared to the places I haunted at the time.
I was so impressed, in fact, that I simply didn't join for about a year, but read here every week. By the time I actually joined, I had a very good feel for the community, and didn't make any egregious newbie errors in posting.
To tell you the truth, I'm sometimes surprised at the abandon with which some new people dive right in, on day one, before ever really getting a feel for the place.
Naturally, a lot of those newbies make terrible faux pas, right from the start, and are quickly sighted down on as trolls.
I was like you when I started, cautious and careful what I said, and so pleased when I started getting replies! Lol
Don't think in all my years here, that I've ever seen as many new signups as we've had in 2008 and 2009, and I have been amazed that they seem to post so many of the threads! To join and immediately post a thread 'might' make some suspicious.
My main complaint with some new FReepers is ‘language’, there seems to be more bad language. Even if ‘dashes or symbols’ are used it is clear what the meaning is. When some use profanity, it seems to incite others to follow suit. I can't help but feel that many new Freepers are very young when they do this.
I saw a new FReeper post in the middle of the night and in a less than 15 word sentence she had three cuss words about needing some wine!
I try to stay away from 'Michelle' threads because the meanness does bother me. Save the hate for the deeds, there are plenty to choose from.
One change I'd recommend is banning anyone who posts "see my tagline[sic]". C'mon! If you have to draw attention to it then it isn't so hot in the first place, is it!
Oh, include for banishment those who post "I re-did [sic] my tagline[sic]" - after which the reader is instructed to *GASP* "see my new tagline[sic]".
And two week suspension for using 'tagline' rather than 'tag line'.
Other than that I will certainly do my part in making new members feel at ease and comfortable here.
OK, you’ve gone too far now. I’m gonna have to do an opus.
A post full of it. It being Common Sense.
Have a “new members only” thread to introduce themselves as well an information thread about what Free Republic is about.
I like floggings.
Make it a good one. The last few have been really weak and not really worth ridiculing.
Well that explains the "10 minutes in Heaven" FReepmail I got.
An initiation? Cool!
xzins, please be a good fellow and help Darksheare dress the Wombats in their armor whilst I go heat up the 50 gallon vat of custard.
Will somebody please set up the trampoline?
Damn, Crip. You've never recovered from whatever happened on that thread, have you?
Go on - post another vanity. Really, I'd love to read it. I'll bet it'd be a good one. I even promise not to call the Vanity Police on ya ...
In the new spirit of FR friendliness, let me be of assistance, noob.
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