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UT Urban Tiki Member The Tropical Isle of Manhattan Joined: Aug 18, 2004 Posts: 529	UT Urban Tiki Posted posted on Tue, Dec 12, 2006 1:30 PM On 2006-12-12 13:01, PremEx wrote: I do think that some of the folks here maybe get a little elitist and might come down a little too hard on newbs An opinion from a newbie here. But not a newbie on internet bulletin boards in general. I think what you just mentioned (when it exists) is simply an almost-expected natural dynamic of these internet bulletin boards. First off...veterens of a BB are certainly not required in any way to greet or answer questions from newbies or anybody else. Perhaps they did at one time and just tired of it. Perhaps they got tired of the same question being asked over and over again. Perhaps they are now just too busy. Perhaps they've seen so many "flash-in-the-pan" newbies come and go after only a few posts...that they are more selective who they respond to or attempt to get friendly with. Not worth the bother. Yet. That sort of thing. IMHO...all that is perfectly acceptable and expected to some degree. It's a natural dynamic of any social group. Your first visit to a local neighborhood bar...you're likely to be ignored by some of the "regulars" at first, until you "prove" yourself. I guess what I'm trying to get at in a long-winded and round-about way...is that newbies should expect this. And if they just stick around long enough and contribute on occasion...they'll find things will probably just naturally (albeit perhaps slowly) warm up a bit for them. And I think that any newbie joining an long-established and large bulletin board like this one, and expecting a chorus of "Welcome to the family!"...might be expecting a bit too much. But some do expect too much or are just too green about such things, and get too upset if they think the community is ignoring them and their questions or comments. And then they do leave. Which is too bad. As they are probably going to miss out some good stuff if they had just sucked-it-up and hung in there. And on the flip side it could be too bad for the BB as well. As you never know what great things that departed newbie might have added to the community if they had just stuck around. :) Good points

On 2006-12-12 13:01, PremEx wrote:

I do think that some of the folks here maybe get a little elitist and might come down a little too hard on newbs

An opinion from a newbie here. But not a newbie on internet bulletin boards in general.

I think what you just mentioned (when it exists) is simply an almost-expected natural dynamic of these internet bulletin boards.

First off...veterens of a BB are certainly not required in any way to greet or answer questions from newbies or anybody else. Perhaps they did at one time and just tired of it. Perhaps they got tired of the same question being asked over and over again. Perhaps they are now just too busy. Perhaps they've seen so many "flash-in-the-pan" newbies come and go after only a few posts...that they are more selective who they respond to or attempt to get friendly with. Not worth the bother. Yet. That sort of thing.

IMHO...all that is perfectly acceptable and expected to some degree. It's a natural dynamic of any social group. Your first visit to a local neighborhood bar...you're likely to be ignored by some of the "regulars" at first, until you "prove" yourself.

I guess what I'm trying to get at in a long-winded and round-about way...is that newbies should expect this. And if they just stick around long enough and contribute on occasion...they'll find things will probably just naturally (albeit perhaps slowly) warm up a bit for them. And I think that any newbie joining an long-established and large bulletin board like this one, and expecting a chorus of "Welcome to the family!"...might be expecting a bit too much.

But some do expect too much or are just too green about such things, and get too upset if they think the community is ignoring them and their questions or comments. And then they do leave. Which is too bad. As they are probably going to miss out some good stuff if they had just sucked-it-up and hung in there.

And on the flip side it could be too bad for the BB as well. As you never know what great things that departed newbie might have added to the community if they had just stuck around.

:)

Good points

Post #272024 by Urban Tiki on Tue, Dec 12, 2006 1:30 PM