JasmineFire said:

2the9s said:

hehehe....that video is funny. It's also a STICKY at another music site I frequent *coughzeppelinsiteofcoursecough* but mostly just as a funny thing. They also have a Newbie Forum there, which I think is great because people can come and ask questions about the band, that may be common knowledge to most, but not to people new to their music and the band members, etc.

2the9s said:

I'M BLIND! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY! MAKE IT STOP!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That's true. The feelings of friendship and community are rather big here. Which is of course a great thing. But it also adds to the fact that it's more intimidating for 'newbies' to start posting. I've been lurking around for two years, I just recently I've started to post some ideas and questions.

For those wondering, I haven't been bashed or attacked or something. Nor have I seen cruel examples recently. It's just a general thing I was wondering about, and I wanted to know your opinions. Because there is really this tendency, and yes, it's normal, and it occurs on every site I guess, but still... We can think about it, can't we?

i like to think of the org as being like mel's diner. we got our regulars, and we also have people who are IRregulars and then there are the folks who are just passing through. everyone gets served out of the same coffee pot, as far as i'm concerned.










oh, and everyone can KISS MY GRITS!

JasmineFire said:

THE BURNING! THE BURNINGGGGG!!!!!

MarieLouise said:

This is a good point Marie. Because of my own history here I've been sort of steering this towards issues of site management, but "newbie bashing" is as much an issue for site members themselves as anyone.

And sometimes its just a matter of a shift in perception. It's easy to drop in a few comments that are easily recognizable by a few folks and not realize that this can also be offputting to people unfamiliar with the banter; not in an aggressive way, but it can still be offputting.

How can my above post have NO comment?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

You know you both love it!

2the9s said:

Uhm... Exactly !
You've got to admit I'm a quick learning newbie...
[Edited 3/24/05 9:55am]

2the9s said:

And I meant...exactly

Can someone please explain me how to edit posts? I'm a newbie, sorry...

2the9s said:

because the site server hates your guts.

MarieLouise said:

http://www.prince.org/faq/

MarieLouise said:

you hit the edit link that will only appear at the bottom of your posts.

I still feel like a newbie with the abuse i get

p0pRocks said:

Did I say you could post?

2the9s said:

Did I say you could breath?

you're all a bunch of bitches here

the new ones and the old ones. if i

had enough orgnotes i'd give you

all a brick to the head

IstenSzek said:

Mach said:

except for you. i like you

IstenSzek said:

can i have the first brick please

what's a newbie

when i first came here, asianbomb was the only one would answer my silly questions

what would your definition of a newbie be???

to me it is someone new to the site


however i had a new sign up go all postal on my ass because i said something like "because you're a newbie you won't be able to post your question for the first five days so you might want to try...."

and then they started insulting everyone in the chat. now that gets my back up... we were trying to be helpful

2the9s said:

my boyfriends always said i went alittle too far

IstenSzek said:

Well, its always some newbie that has something smart ass to say to me.


No offense to those sweet, wonderfully sexy newbies who understand their flyness will be appreciated by me.

Rhondab said:

lollyp0p said:

no!

only meanies get a brick