What's it like to be a freeper with a 100,000+ sign on number?

8-20-04

[Indy Pendance]

All you newbies whose screen number is over 100,000 (plus infinity, or minus a couple thousand), this thread is for you. What's it like to be 'new' here? Are you welcomed? What do you think of FR? Do you feel 'part of the gang'? This thread is for you. Lay it on us.

[fuzzthatwuz]

"I joined tonight and just did my first post...

Good for you! Wecome.

[RightWhale]

At this point I am happy to win anything.

Somewhere the webmaster has a statistics report of how many are logged on and how many are lurking. That used to be on the homepage at one time so you might realize that your words and typos and all are being reviewed by possibly millions. Who knows, Teresa Heinz might be reading this thread right now!

[anonymoussierra]

Thank you!

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Hey! Hey!! Welcome to the FReepers, and to the Republican ideology.

If I may ask...what was the final thing that helped you to see the light?

Again, welcome! :)

[conshack]

LOL, that's great! For some reason I was thinking that you'd gotten all 92 in just a day or so!

I could probably get more than that in one day on a Dim site. Whatcha think?

[Iberian]

What!!, I don't need no stinking number. I hate numbers, I get all confused with numbers. :)

I love this place and work to convert others into numbers, I suppose. Jim is this your idea of a weekend riddle ??

[Billthedrill]

LOL! Busted!

[Tax Government]

Been here for only one week, made 3 posts,and feel like I have gained a lifetime of knowledge already. I hate to admit it, but I am a recovering dem.,and a new Repub.,so this is my kind of place. No place better to find out what's really going on.

There are many benefits to being part of this FR community:

1) Get unfiltered news;

2) Spread the alarm when occasion calls for it;

3) Fight the good fight, for things you care about. Get feedback;

4) Make friends;

5) Give the world's intelligence agencies and democrat lurkers a piece of your mind;

6) Get your home page indexed by Google;

7) Learn basic HTML.

But there's something else...

8) FR teaches you to communicate effectively in writing, and to become a better advocate for conservative ideas. After many posts, you will learn to gauge how people will react to you. You will be flamed, complemented, ignored, laughed at...the works. After a while, your style will change and probably for the better.

Is being able to reach out of the screen and shake someone by the lapels important? YES, for many good reasons. Please take the opportunity to post, not just lurk. Your writing style will change, I promise.

Has anyone else experienced this?

[LakeLady]

May I have a single malt instead? Where's your Casbah? Mine's in Slapout. ;-0)

[anonymoussierra]

"A couple of seven and vodkas will fix you right up."

It is wodka not vodka :}

[canalabamian]

Allow me to correct you:) "English is HARD to learn"

Typical American...if they don't understand English, just talk LOUDER! ;)

[Marie Antoinette]

We are all UncleDaddy :-)

[LakeLady]

Is it vater instead of water? :-0)

[Cacique]

Use Italics tags when quoting someone else. It makes it easier to understand the nature of the post. Italics tags are (no spaces).

[arjay]

I have #3074. I did not realize I was that close to the beginning.

[anonymoussierra]

woda water is woda

[BobS]

"Apparently you are not familiar with the sight of Fake Polish. ;D

Well, yitch moyo sraku. I guess not!

[Cacique]

Use Italics tags when quoting someone else. It makes it easier to understand the nature of the post. Italics tags are < i > text here < / i >(no spaces).

[Ohioan from Florida]

>>I could probably get more than that in one day on a Dim site. Whatcha think?<<

I have no idea, I don't even go near the stinkin' things! But I suppose if you were trollin' they'd be on to you...then again, maybe not. I'm not sure they know how to think for themselves!

[Living Stone]

There was a rather disreputable poster in the past who claimed to be Polish and started all manner of disturbances.

This person was banned and came back a couple of times under different screen names, only to be banned again. Hellinahandart thinks you are this person, and is naturally suspicious.

I, personally, disagree with hellinahandcart, but I understand the basis for the suspicion whereas you may not have been aware of this situation.

Hellinahandcart, I have been watching posting styles since I started lurking here in '98, and I think you may have the wrong idea about anonymoussierra. I could be wrong of course.