[VRWCmember]

If the newbie bothered to read the posting guidelines he would notice that the news forum is for published news items and not for vanity posts. The newbie would be better served by posting some comments to existing threads and participate in the discussion. Newbies that sign up just to post a thread that is not even an article, and then don't even bother to stick around to discuss the topic will often find themselves the object of scorn, derision, and yes even a healthy ZOT.

The thread and poster just appears a little suspicious and under the heightened FReeperland Defense Alert status, suspicious behavior will be scrutinized.

[Fierce Allegiance]

thank you

[SouthernFreebird]

The thread and poster just appears a little suspicious and under the heightened FReeperland Defense Alert status, suspicious behavior will be scrutinized.

Dude, thats just scary.

I won't even go into all the non news items I've seen in the news. He didn't even have time to reply before a zotting was being called for and if he's like most people here, he will jump on and off thruout the day so may not answer right away. I just think this whole zotting of newbies has become lame from over use.

[Dasaji]

Yet, if I were a Newbie conservative, just excitedly having found FR, all the talk of zotting and being called the N-Word (as in 'Oh, {cough} you're a newbie.') just might turn me off.

This post seemed quite neutral (even if not posted in the correct place - FR can be a bit confusing and overwhelming with the amounts of info).

Lighten up a little bit?