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In the next couple of days I’m expecting to change. I’ll leave one day, go into a state of metamorphosis, possibly involving a cocoon or pupa, and when I return I’m going to be different.
Actually, no, I’m not, but in the next day or so I’ll have amassed three hundred posts, ten thousand words and twenty-one glorious days here, whilst I’ve been tarnished with a newbie brush. I won’t be a different person. I won’t really have changed at all, but I’ll post under a lovely new purple “Simon Says”.
The purpose of this post is two fold. One is to celebrate my coming of regulardom, and the fact that I will soon lose my newbicity. Hooray me ; )
The second is to ask if there is a certain newbism in the forum. There have been threads here suggesting the newbies shouldn’t be allowed to post here. This post met a lot of resistance, but since then there has been a number of pointless posts here. I don’t want to reopen that debate, but I am interested to know how seriously you take new people posts. If some new person (or a JAT) took the time to write a long post would you bother to read it? Would you bother to reply if you did? Would you pay it the same attention as some of the notable’s posts, or a noted regular who has a record of writing good posts (or even a newbie with a long history, i.e. Light)?
Personally from my recent experience I don’t think I’ve been the recipient of any actively anti newbie abuse, but I sometimes wonder whether some of my posts have been leant greater attention if I wasn’t a newbie, or if I was more established.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question. Clearly more established posters are more often read, in the same way as a popular author is. I agree with a number of people (I.B. and Grix spring to mind) that we should ignore the newbie spam posts, but we should also support and nurture the newbies who do make an effort with their posts, or offer thoughtful replies.
Anyways, referring back to my first point,
Hooray me
*puts on party hat*
Actually, no, I’m not, but in the next day or so I’ll have amassed three hundred posts, ten thousand words and twenty-one glorious days here, whilst I’ve been tarnished with a newbie brush. I won’t be a different person. I won’t really have changed at all, but I’ll post under a lovely new purple “Simon Says”.
The purpose of this post is two fold. One is to celebrate my coming of regulardom, and the fact that I will soon lose my newbicity. Hooray me ; )
The second is to ask if there is a certain newbism in the forum. There have been threads here suggesting the newbies shouldn’t be allowed to post here. This post met a lot of resistance, but since then there has been a number of pointless posts here. I don’t want to reopen that debate, but I am interested to know how seriously you take new people posts. If some new person (or a JAT) took the time to write a long post would you bother to read it? Would you bother to reply if you did? Would you pay it the same attention as some of the notable’s posts, or a noted regular who has a record of writing good posts (or even a newbie with a long history, i.e. Light)?
Personally from my recent experience I don’t think I’ve been the recipient of any actively anti newbie abuse, but I sometimes wonder whether some of my posts have been leant greater attention if I wasn’t a newbie, or if I was more established.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question. Clearly more established posters are more often read, in the same way as a popular author is. I agree with a number of people (I.B. and Grix spring to mind) that we should ignore the newbie spam posts, but we should also support and nurture the newbies who do make an effort with their posts, or offer thoughtful replies.
Anyways, referring back to my first point,
Hooray me
*puts on party hat*
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Insane Bartender wrote:
> I'm fairly convinced that some of the regulars/notables have been
> signing up for new accounts and spamming the Life forum in an effort
> to press the issue of anti-newbie sentiment around here.
I did suspect that might be the case, but I wouldn't want to start too much trouble 'cause I'm new ;)
> I'm fairly convinced that some of the regulars/notables have been
> signing up for new accounts and spamming the Life forum in an effort
> to press the issue of anti-newbie sentiment around here.
I did suspect that might be the case, but I wouldn't want to start too much trouble 'cause I'm new ;)
I'm fairly convinced that some of the regulars/notables have been signing up for new accounts and spamming the Life forum in an effort to press the issue of anti-newbie sentiment around here.
In the next couple of days I’m expecting to change. I’ll leave one day, go into a state of metamorphosis, possibly involving a cocoon or pupa, and when I return I’m going to be different.
Actually, no, I’m not, but in the next day or so I’ll have amassed three hundred posts, ten thousand words and twenty-one glorious days here, whilst I’ve been tarnished with a newbie brush. I won’t be a different person. I won’t really have changed at all, but I’ll post under a lovely new purple “Simon Says”.
The purpose of this post is two fold. One is to celebrate my coming of regulardom, and the fact that I will soon lose my newbicity. Hooray me ; )
The second is to ask if there is a certain newbism in the forum. There have been threads here suggesting the newbies shouldn’t be allowed to post here. This post met a lot of resistance, but since then there has been a number of pointless posts here. I don’t want to reopen that debate, but I am interested to know how seriously you take new people posts. If some new person (or a JAT) took the time to write a long post would you bother to read it? Would you bother to reply if you did? Would you pay it the same attention as some of the notable’s posts, or a noted regular who has a record of writing good posts (or even a newbie with a long history, i.e. Light)?
Personally from my recent experience I don’t think I’ve been the recipient of any actively anti newbie abuse, but I sometimes wonder whether some of my posts have been leant greater attention if I wasn’t a newbie, or if I was more established.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question. Clearly more established posters are more often read, in the same way as a popular author is. I agree with a number of people (I.B. and Grix spring to mind) that we should ignore the newbie spam posts, but we should also support and nurture the newbies who do make an effort with their posts, or offer thoughtful replies.
Anyways, referring back to my first point,
Hooray me
*puts on party hat*
Actually, no, I’m not, but in the next day or so I’ll have amassed three hundred posts, ten thousand words and twenty-one glorious days here, whilst I’ve been tarnished with a newbie brush. I won’t be a different person. I won’t really have changed at all, but I’ll post under a lovely new purple “Simon Says”.
The purpose of this post is two fold. One is to celebrate my coming of regulardom, and the fact that I will soon lose my newbicity. Hooray me ; )
The second is to ask if there is a certain newbism in the forum. There have been threads here suggesting the newbies shouldn’t be allowed to post here. This post met a lot of resistance, but since then there has been a number of pointless posts here. I don’t want to reopen that debate, but I am interested to know how seriously you take new people posts. If some new person (or a JAT) took the time to write a long post would you bother to read it? Would you bother to reply if you did? Would you pay it the same attention as some of the notable’s posts, or a noted regular who has a record of writing good posts (or even a newbie with a long history, i.e. Light)?
Personally from my recent experience I don’t think I’ve been the recipient of any actively anti newbie abuse, but I sometimes wonder whether some of my posts have been leant greater attention if I wasn’t a newbie, or if I was more established.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question. Clearly more established posters are more often read, in the same way as a popular author is. I agree with a number of people (I.B. and Grix spring to mind) that we should ignore the newbie spam posts, but we should also support and nurture the newbies who do make an effort with their posts, or offer thoughtful replies.
Anyways, referring back to my first point,
Hooray me
*puts on party hat*
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