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Originally posted by sunshine30
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Message original : Sunny_01
Firstly new members to this site will always be welcomed with open arms, they have every right to regsiter and join this forum in the same way each of us did when we were "newbies" we all have equal status here whether we have been here 3 years or 3 hours. When do people stop being a newbie? who decides that? in my eyes those that joined in the last 12 months are newbies still so hey!!
Another point is I think Kiz was right to open this thread and made a few great suggestions but I for one as a MOD would not want the extra responsibility of deciding if someones post was any good, I just dont think thats my role on this forum at all.
I think we all need to be more tolerant of each other, I think those longer term members could offer gentle guidance and support to newer members rather than jumping on them for the things they do wrong.
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Well we aren't jumping on them, we have been always nice with them, we do help them when they don't know how to post etc... but when they do that during more than a month, that's quite annoying isn't it ?
Of course we will welcome us with open arms, but they have to respect the rules, respect the different opinions, respect the others and don't make stupid threads or being obsessed by their post count.
I wouldn't say that if it was only 2 or 3 members but it does happen at all the time and for ages, so it does annoy me and I'm not the only one.
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The thing is Remy you speak for yourself, and yes you do welcome newer members as do many others, but some treat them as lower class citizens who have not got the same status as them which is what I was trying to point out.
Also remember that in recent weeks there has been mischief afoot on the site in the form of banned members joining and causing chaos, they have created mad threads, posted silly posts and deliberatly tried to wind people up, which they have succeeded in doing. We are doing all we can to combat this behind the scenes but it is complicated.
Post count has always been an issue with some people posting random things to increase their count which is why chat and games does not increase counts any longer.