Originally Posted By Bolna As a new poster on these boards I am glad to hear that most people here would rather give newbies the benefit of the doubt. But on the other hand there are also certain ways of conduct when you are new somewhere, you don't just start shouting around with new controversial topics. Also, when I started to read LP before I started to post, I found it to be a rather close knit community and it did take some courage to just jump in and take part in discussions between people who seem to have known each other for years. So this makes that loud behaviour even more suspicious in my eyes. So, welcoming new posters is great, but I think it is only fair to be a bit skeptical of over confident newbies. I know that I am adding to a thread which should be ignored - I just felt that I could add something about that problem on how to treat new posters. Oh, and because ignoring the troll is really hard some times and this was the only place I felt I could say something at least.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Bolna, some of us have been around for a long time and still don't know who the people are that we are agreeing with or arguing with or sharing with. I think it shows my first sign on to be in 2001 (I think I was here before that but was caught up in the "great computer crash). Anyway, it took a long time before people started accepting me and responding in, what I like to call, friendly manners. No one was unfriendly, but there was an invisible wall. A lot of the folks that post here are either past CM's or have had the opportunity to get together for meets and so on. The first one to connect, electronically, with me was Tall Disney Guy. Quite a character. Very clever and creative. You will see many of his threads still active and it has been a few years since he last posted on LP. Then there was the love of my life...Pixie Glitter...we were almost engaged once, again electronically, but it was fun. Many of the early posters have gone to greener pastures because they felt that it was getting nasty around here. I agree that the attitude has change significantly since those times, but like somebody said...it would take more than a troll to make me give it to him (or her) and stop my enjoyment just because he (or she) is so joyless. Ignore, ignore, ignore. What the opinion is of a person that we have never met and probably never will doesn't amount to anything. Sometimes they push our buttons, but you know, even if we respond we still come out looking like thoughtful, intelligent people instead of someone that got to a keyboard during a work break from the asylum. If one engages without anger, they always come out on top. (I admit that there have been times that it was difficult, if not impossible, to do that) Anyway, welcome to the boards. If you are who you say you are, you will not have any problems with this crowd.
Originally Posted By barboy2 WOW!!! I go hang out in SE Asia and S. Korea for some fun for a few weeks and I come back to household full of WE regulars who have become too rattled over new posters/puppets/limb regenerators. I'm beginning to think that the ones who need to get a life are not the ones creating new profiles on LP.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I will always give a new poster the benefit of doubt, otherwise we will never have new posters.
Originally Posted By Bolna Goofyernmost, thanks for the reply and the welcome! I just wanted to say that I did in no way mean to complain about people being unfriendly to me, my post was more meant to point out why I think there might be reason for suspicion about the validity of first time posters under certain circumstances.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo well I am really glad you have joined our community Bolna, I think our experience will be all the richer for it. Welcome (forgive me, I just started conversing with you without a formal welcome).
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "I will always give a new poster the benefit of doubt, otherwise we will never have new posters." Even when they start out by being obnoxious?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well, it might raise doubts. but if people ignored obnoxious posters, I would never have any conversations on here....now, wait a minute.... ;-)
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt There is nothing wrong with ignoring obnoxious posters. People do it to me all the time.
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