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Has anyone noticed that there are some types of threads?
Like usually, if a new member starts a thread, generally the rest of the posters of that thread are new members also, and vice versa. It's weird, isn't it? It's probably down to new members sticking to one another because they have something in common, but I just thought it was funny when I noticed it.
Twilight
22-06-2009, 06:37 PM
Yeah i noticed that aswell.
Ninastar
22-06-2009, 06:37 PM
Yeh i always noticed the newbie thing. I know its kinda mean and bitchy but i normally dont even reply to thier threads cause they are quite hard to understand and are normally bb. x
Harry!
22-06-2009, 06:38 PM
I have noticed that but some of my threads get both people.
Twilight
22-06-2009, 06:39 PM
Originally posted by Ninastar
Yeh i always noticed the newbie thing. I know its kinda mean and bitchy but i normally dont even reply to thier threads cause they are quite hard to understand and are normally bb. x IKR most of them use text speech aswell
Originally posted by Ninastar
Yeh i always noticed the newbie thing. I know its kinda mean and bitchy but i normally dont even reply to thier threads cause they are quite hard to understand and are normally bb. x
I know what you mean. And often, the new member's threads are on topics which have been discussed many times, so other members won't want to discuss it again.
It's the other way around. Older members tend to only reply to threads of members they know or are used to seeing around rather than a stranger, which is fair enough. It's natural, but it would be nice if some of them would be slightly more welcoming to the newbies.
And I've noticed a lot of the younger members who have been around longer have formed little groups and try to undermine and intimidate anybody who isn't part of their cliqué.
Ninastar
22-06-2009, 06:47 PM
Exactamundo Twilight and Bradleym xxx
p.s
What actually does exactamundo mean???
MrGaryy
22-06-2009, 06:48 PM
Originally posted by Twilight
Originally posted by Ninastar
Yeh i always noticed the newbie thing. I know its kinda mean and bitchy but i normally dont even reply to thier threads cause they are quite hard to understand and are normally bb. x IKR most of them use text speech aswell
you just used text speak.
I think it;s cos most older members dont bother with both BB and new member threads where are newbies reply to any thread.
It depends on the member I think. If its someone like bigbruva10izdabest34 then it gets new annoying members but if its a fairly respectable new member who is articulate etc then it'll get quite a lot of older members too
Billy
22-06-2009, 06:52 PM
It annoys me when people don't have a sig and avatar.
Daft I know but it just does my head in :(
bronaaaa
22-06-2009, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by Billy
It annoys me when people don't have a sig and avatar.
Daft I know but it just does my head in :(
Ahh yes =|.
And yeah I've noticed too, I don't often reply to newbie threads cos they're BB related.
MrGaryy
22-06-2009, 06:54 PM
Originally posted by Enid
It's the other way around. Older members tend to only reply to threads of members they know or are used to seeing around rather than a stranger, which is fair enough. It's natural, but it would be nice if some of them would be slightly more welcoming to the newbies.
And I've noticed a lot of the younger members who have been around longer have formed little groups and try to undermine and intimidate anybody who isn't part of their cliqué.
I must say for some one who hasn't been here very long you've cottoned on very quickly. Usually it takes members months before they realise how definitive the cliques are.
oh& I agree Billy, it just looks messy to me. =P
Mrluvaluva
22-06-2009, 07:01 PM
I think that more established members tend to post in Non BB related sections aswell as the BB section. Where as newer members tend to stick more to the BB sections. There are exceptions of course.
LemonJam
22-06-2009, 07:04 PM
I'm more likely to remember a member with an avatar and a signature, Enid being a good example of a new member with both.
arista
22-06-2009, 07:13 PM
Originally posted by Bradley!
Has anyone noticed that there are some types of threads?
Like usually, if a new member starts a thread, generally the rest of the posters of that thread are new members also, and vice versa. It's weird, isn't it? It's probably down to new members sticking to one another because they have something in common, but I just thought it was funny when I noticed it.
What to you want done?
All New Members
put on a Ship in the North Sea?
Nicky.
22-06-2009, 07:22 PM
I think it's because (as mean as it sounds) newbies post small things about BB, or an opinion, and unless it's really good, only other newbies post because they actually care :3
and newbies feel they can't post in threads posted by older members xD
Originally posted by LemonJam
I'm more likely to remember a member with an avatar and a signature, Enid being a good example of a new member with both.
I'm the same, the more memorable you are, the more fun you are to speak to :hugesmile:.
Princess
22-06-2009, 08:12 PM
I argee with most things posted. How older members tend to post more in non BB sections than BB while the newbies are mainly here for BB.
Like I'm not posting in any BB section since I'm not watching it but it doesn't purposely mean I'm not posting in new members threads.
x_eztiger_x
22-06-2009, 10:49 PM
yeah i noticed this when i post threads an no one posts on them... maybe down to **** threads or cos im a newbie
Originally posted by MrGaryy
Originally posted by Enid
It's the other way around. Older members tend to only reply to threads of members they know or are used to seeing around rather than a stranger, which is fair enough. It's natural, but it would be nice if some of them would be slightly more welcoming to the newbies.
And I've noticed a lot of the younger members who have been around longer have formed little groups and try to undermine and intimidate anybody who isn't part of their cliqué.
I must say for some one who hasn't been here very long you've cottoned on very quickly. Usually it takes members months before they realise how definitive the cliques are.
oh& I agree Billy, it just looks messy to me. =P
Hmm, "definitive" isn't quite the word I'd use to describe it. It's a bit like school kids (cliqué) bullying the new kid (newbie) and the outcasts. Very childish.
I had already been targeted on the first day I joined here. Not that it bothers me, because it clearly means I am a threat. :thumbs:
Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Bradley!
Has anyone noticed that there are some types of threads?
Like usually, if a new member starts a thread, generally the rest of the posters of that thread are new members also, and vice versa. It's weird, isn't it? It's probably down to new members sticking to one another because they have something in common, but I just thought it was funny when I noticed it.
What to you want done?
All New Members
put on a Ship in the North Sea?
1. I don't understand any of that.
2. I'm not complaining, simply observing.
Ninastar
22-06-2009, 11:04 PM
yeh and people with names like Katie54324232423hhh234
It annoys me and I just ignore them
You ignore people because they have a username you dislike?
Gosh some of you are so stuck up. :bored:
bansheewails
22-06-2009, 11:09 PM
Am I a teenager then? Complete with acne and angst? Ah those were the days!
Ninastar
22-06-2009, 11:11 PM
Well not ignore them. I just dont tend to post in thier threads cause they are normally spamish or BBish.
WATERS
22-06-2009, 11:14 PM
Hillarious
x_eztiger_x
23-06-2009, 12:18 PM
What to you want done?
All New Members
put on a Ship in the North Sea?
well that suits i mean i am a newbie thats ignored and i work on ships in the north sea :)
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