[Judith Anne]

I'm with you.

I'm sick of all the newbie one-line vanities. They really clutter up the place. Most of them can be easily identified by the title, but not all, and most of those, I stay away from. Occasionally, I make a remark.

These are nothing more than responses that belong on related threads. Why a newbie feels they simply must be on as a separate thread is beyond me. I put it down to juvenile attention-getting behavior--"Look at me, my thoughts are so important they deserve a thread of their own, look, I'm on FR with my own article!"

Sheesh. I wish there were a rule that newbies had to wait before they were allowed to post vanities. I too lurked for a year or so before getting a screen name. Lurking is a lot different from posting, and posting a vanity is a lot different from posting on a thread.

Each time, before I made a vanity post (and I have posted fewer than 5 vanities over the past 4 years) I wrote to the mods and asked for their approval, though that's not required. That's because I take FR seriously.

There have been lots of excellent vanities, but they are NOT usually from newbies, in my opinion.

[endthematrix]

Some of the most somber threads of family needing prayer goes a loooog way to show how close FR members are. A newbie may come in and think that they are just typing, but reading some of those heart filled posts, makes the strongest ego melt.

[stainlessbanner]

Well said.