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Nope, not an Onanism thread. You were wishing, weren't you.
I've arrived at (returned to?) a state of being where I am unable to trust any new members -- to believe that they are being honest about who they really are (or, more to the point, who else they really are). Whether it is a rotten apple or two spoiling the whole barrel or whether the whole barrel is rotten, I don't know. For all I know the apples are all fine and I just need to clean the bucket.
Nonetheless, for those of you new members who deserve the benefit of the doubt and won't be getting it from me, at least on the inside, you have my sincere apologies. I'll refrain from further comment, and I'll see what I can do about returning to that state of trust as a default. And even if my thoughts don't reflect that trust, I'll work to ensure that my actions do.
Those of you who take advantage of that trust are schmucks.
--Pop
[Edit -- Whoops. * -- you know who.]
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Pop, it's not just you. I realize I'm not far off from a newbie by any standards, but we seem to have a rush of posters recently registered with the exact same agenda. I don't find it funny, and truly wish the person behind it would just leave the board.
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Hmm. I've been pretty convinced that it's a single person working to just be a pain in the rear.
Would the thingy at /. have prompted this kind of stuff on this particular board? Are the same new posters showing up on the OSC discussion side as well?
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Space Opera- see for yourself. (short answer, yes- that side is more active than it has been in my 18 months here.)
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I don't spaz out if people call me pooka. I still have a hotmail and a LiveJournal with that name. But I prefer Trisha. Though going through a period where we all call each other by real/old names always confuses the crap out of newbies. Maybe they don't care if they aren't really trying to get into things, though.
I have to say, I think Strawcatz is not a slashdotter, at least not of the sort. He had a bit of a faux pas with his first post, but I think he may have been assimilated.
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Slashdot is a site with "News for Nerds", and is a pretty heavily traffiked web site. Slashdot is well known for the slashdot effect and for having a lot of trolls in its forums. Slashdot linked to hatrack the other day regarding that new Alvin Maker MMORPG that is being developed.
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Has that been the cause of the mid-morning overloads? They haven't been like traditional freezes where the oldest thread get dropped.
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Well some of us noobs aren't from /.(me! ). I've been stopping by these forums every now and again for the past few months, but only recently decided to register and post during my last read through of the Ender/Bean books. Now I'm reading the Alvin Maker books thanks to Hatrack( ) and I'll probably be sticking around. Posts: 204 | Registered: Dec 2004
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You know, I recently realized that I'm suspicious of all newbies. *narrows eyes* Thank goodness Hatrack is full of all sorts of people. I never welcome people when I see a new name, and I never post in introduction threads. I guess it's not really suspicion, just a lack of friendliness which I try to tell myself is shyness.
Yep - that's me. Unfriendly, suspicious, mean old me.
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I'm such a hypocrite. I rarely (except to flame sometimes) address newbies, even though I really appreciated pooka's friendliness when I finally crawled out of the other side of the forum.
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quote:Nobody's talking about you kq. You've been here since September and you have nearly a thousand posts.
So there.
That's kind of scary, isn't it? I mean, I just kind of jumped right in... That's something like an average of 3,000 posts a month! Or 750 a week! Yikes!
And I've already met more people from this forum than any other I've ever been on.
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I can sorta vouch for NinjaBird, if that helps at all. He met me in partypoker.com last night, and he seemed pretty cool, even if he DID beat me.
Nothing is sure, but he seems OK...
Then again you dummies thought I was Otaku for a good 3 months, and I almost left for good because of e-mails and people just being asses to me, so me careful how you react...not every nOOb is an idiot, although we do seem to more than our fair share recently.
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shrugs, as a newbie I can say I'm not offended by your desire to be careful of who you trust. In the years I have been online, I have seen quite a lot of the darker side of people's online behavior...so I'm not surprised that many are nervous around new people.
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Also, we all have a different idea what a nOOb is...for instance I didn't consider SO one until she just said so...
And Lupus, you have been here since May, right? That is not a noob, not to me. I haven't seen a ton of posts from you, but I recognize your name...
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Kwea, I'm actually "not far off a newbie." It's a special title created just for me. Consider it as though I've been around long enough to know people, but I'm still new enough to be refreshing.
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Wow, this forum is so much different then any other forum I've been to. At other forums I go to having 1000+ posts(or even 500+) would mean your not a noob. I guess this forum is a bit more active though, and the other forum I visit is a gaming forum so we kind of get to know each other by playing together, so I guess it makes sense.
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n00b status is generally based on your date of registration, not how many posts you've made. Mostly, I think, because there is so much history, so many inside jokes, and a lot of people to familiarize yourself with. Post count just doesn't give you as much exposure to these things as time does.
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I'm not insecure. I just want my obscene post count to be good for something. (Other than proving that I have no life, I mean.)
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And then there are the lurkers, such as myself. I've been around since 2002 so I can't be called a Newbie, but currently I have only 131 posts.
My posts aren't spread out quite as thinly as someone might think, though, because I tend to go through spurts of posting, and then months and months without.
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I know that I am a nOOb and all but I had hoped to get to know a few of the folks on here...I only found out about the site after reading the Alvin series, and wanted to check it out...Now I am worried that someone may not be willing to talk to me because of my nOObiness..
Honestly I am a 29 year old woman, married with 2 kids a girl 7 named Mackenzie and a boy 1 named Wyatt, I live in Ohio (Toledo area) My Husband is a Huge computer gaming nerd and we are (with some friends) the founders of an online gaming team called Teambota ...I hope to atleast try to get acquainted with a few of you...
quote:My posts aren't spread out quite as thinly as someone might think, though, because I tend to go through spurts of posting, and then months and months without.
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Bota, don't worry that people won't talk to you! It's only when new people come here and post inane or inflammatory things that they get ignored or laughed at. We've had enough people come here and do that that we're a little suspicious of new people. However, we're quick to welcome those who are willing to conform to community standards (which aren't that harsh, just things like politeness, a willingness to listen, and an attempt at reasonably good spelling and grammar--and we cut non-native English speakers a lot of slack on this). From what I've seen so far, I'm sure you won't have any problems at all. Check out some of the FAQ threads around here, but don't be afraid to jump right in! Welcome to Hatrack!
P.S. If you're into gaming, you could always start a thread on that topic. There are plenty of other gamers here, and it might be a good way to get to know some people.
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Thanks Shigosei.... I am usually pretty good with the grammar and spelling (my husband calls me his personal dictionary and thesarus) "honey how do you spell this and that?" lol
Also I am hoping that by posting a link to our site that some may visit me on my "home turf" so to speak... Posts: 115 | Registered: Nov 2004
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