Topic: Newbie posting Idea!! ATTN: BIGMIKE!!

[Cheesemaker]

Hey, I got a idea for the newbies.  When they first get an account, can you have it automatically go to a post screen in the newbie section, and the only and first post they can do will be, "Hi, I'm new!  And here I am!"  I think this will help with the who are you and you need to say Hi!  I'm new! 

This is just an idea.  Especially, when we got 100+ newbies in one month.  I see it in the shout box alot lately somebody posting that they need to introduce themselves!

[*FFC*]

Great idea!! 

[Tallchevy]

  Thats what I said in this thread 
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=34982.0

Now I now how much pull I have around here 

[*FFC*]

Thats what I said in this thread 
http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=34982.0

Now I now how much pull I have around here 

You said it should link to the video, not the newbie section

[Duffil]

great idea!

[weirdtimes_7]

Thats a great idea.... i also like the idea of having to have a minimal amount of post's before they can participate in the Give-A-Ways

military_stang

[BigMike]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO

[*FFC*]

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NO

Fine then!

[kneedownnate]

Thats a great idea.... i also like the idea of having to have a minimal amount of post's before they can participate in the Give-A-Ways

military_stang

I fully agree with you both! 

[Rocksurfer]

Why should anyone be required to introduce themselves, some only come here for info on their build and then move on. It would be a great idea for a social bb but this is tech.

[Lady Di]

Yeah.. not everyone is a newb. Some lurk for a while but know a lot. They'll be limited in their ability to sell but there is no reason they shouldn't be able to just jump on a tech thread.

[Duffil]

My theory is if they only come here to research, they should have no reason to post.  The answers are there, just behind the SEARCH button.

[kneedownnate]

Newb doesn't necessarily mean uninformed, it means exactly that - new.  New to this site.  I'm not implying you don't know anything if you have less that X number of posts, but what I am reading is people would like to KNOW who they're talking to, which I thought was the whole purpose of the newb section   Most people don't just walk into the center of a big group of people and start laughing and joking along.  MOST would atleast introduce themselves to stem the sideways looks.

[Lady Di]

The SEARCH sucks on this board. Although I have found it has gotten better. I can actually find our Sightings of thread by searching for it.
Used to be I couldn't even find it with the exact words of the title.

[kneedownnate]

My theory is if they only come here to research, they should have no reason to post.  The answers are there, just behind the SEARCH button.