Introduction Section?

-=Jamie_Oafm=- · Post by **-=Jamie_Oafm=-** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:28 am

Hey, just wondering if theres an introduction section for newcomers to say a bit about thereself ect.. thanks if you reply

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:31 am

Nah, mods smite people who introduce themselves with lockage. Then the noobs never come back.

-=Jamie_Oafm=- · Post by **-=Jamie_Oafm=-** » Fri May 27, 2005 9:38 am

Damn, lol most forums do

Jebadia · Post by **Jebadia** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:52 am

At one time we DID have an introduction forum, but it was pointless and we still had noobs trying to introduce themselves in the other forum so the mods just got rid of it and forbid intro threads all together.

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:54 am

If your gona most you mind sticking with the defualt font colour and size? its kinda pain to read big blue letters.

YouTube · Post by **derobert** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:01 pm

We decided against introduction threads because we fealt it'd just become the new off-topic forum ("oh, he likes baseball? So do I---let's talk about that."). If you have a way to prevent that from happening, go ahead and suggest it. Maybe we'll reconsider.

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri May 27, 2005 1:16 pm

derobert wrote:("oh, he likes baseball? So do I---let's talk about that.").

That kinda makes the mods here sound like nazi's, with the sarcastic overtone and all that.

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Fri May 27, 2005 2:05 pm

bum wrote:
derobert wrote:("oh, he likes baseball? So do I---let's talk about that.").
That kinda makes the mods here sound like nazi's, with the sarcastic overtone and all that.

Well, you have to admit that there's not much chance for an on-topic discussion if all you do is say "Hi, I'm new."

Kusoyaro · Post by **Kusoyaro** » Fri May 27, 2005 2:10 pm

paizuri wrote:Well, you have to admit that there's not much chance for an on-topic discussion if all you do is say "Hi, I'm new."

And anything other than "welcome to the site" would be considered off-topic, so really, what would be the point?

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri May 27, 2005 3:04 pm

There used to be a number of people (myself included) who would jump on 'hi I'm new' threads in the old Intro section - welcoming the new member and pointing him toward the rules first, then giving helpful tips like which stickies really need to be read, what not to do (necroposting, pimping your site outside the intro thread), etc.

If you give the other members a chance to welcome the new people (instead of their very first reply being "oh, you can't say Hi here, your thread's gonna be locked in a few minutes"), you can still lock them later if they do go into general chat. The problem is they're locked so quickly, their first impression is that you're just saying welcome so you won't look mean when you tell them to shut up.

We don't even have a locked introductory thread that greets new members, gives a tour of the best stickies, introductory tips like what the FAQ is, or how to put a banner in your sig. People have suggested making an intro 'tour', and it's been shot down repeatedly. So we don't have a dead 'hi, read this' section, we don't have a "introduce yourself section', and the new member's first post is locked without giving him a chance to ask any questions he almost certainly has. It's a very closed environment for newcomers.