by Sabre » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:27 pm
I crosspost a post from Karhaz in the real world, and bring it here, it seems a better thread for that kind of discussion
No not at all, by "select few" I mean there posts are agreed with instantly and questions raised against the rest. For me Maypax wasnt one of those instantly welcomed but he did well against the grain to gain some kind of respect. His opinions and threads were new and welcome. What im saying is this. If we are to welcome new members on here not only do they have to be original, but so do us old members.
LFC2007' first months weren't particularly smooth. Many considered him a WUM.
Nanny's case is different. I think she became part of the family for several reasons, she is always kind with everybody, she knows lots of old stories about Liverpool and their players, and she's always ready to not take herself too seriously.
I don't remember Maypax' firsts posts, but yes the ones after a couple of months he joined. He looked nice, and I found interesting the blog he had.
My point is that I don't see a common pattern in the members that became regulars.
What it's true, Karhaz, and it's difficult to change that because forums are always like that, people tend to read more the regulars, or with more attention, than the new ones.
Why this happens? well if we come here probably is because we enjoy reading others about our fav club, and within that others some posters become your favourite. It normally takes a time until you consider a member "regular" and you pay more attention.
But this is not "thought" but you do it unconsciously.
The problem gets worse when you have less time. 4 years ago I had a worse paid job but less busy and I had time to read newkit more deeply. Now I have less time, and you can't help to select a bit what you read. For instance 3 years ago I would have visited the premiership section, now it's been a couple of weeks I don't read anything from there.
Also, not becoming a regular is also up to every poster. Have you ever noticed newbies are eager to start new threads rather than joining existing dicussions? That's natural when you're a newbie. After that, some of them learn to read others and post afterwards, some of them do not get ever used to not being answered or their new threads not becoming popular. So the latter posters leave.
Other posters, are simply happy with post little, and read a lot. And that's respectable too. I'd be tempted sometimes to read a lot and post little, but for me newkit has also the selfish goal of practicing my english, that otherwise gets rusty -- I just assume that the posts that aren't good will be ignored.
So, if you ask the members to welcome the newbies, then I'm with you totally. But I don't think that there are strange things happening in this forum when it comes to newbies.
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