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02-17-2008, 10:37 AM | #1 (permalink) |
Slavic gay sauce
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Abu Dhabi
Posts: 7,993
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How about, f**k you newbies!
Here's an interesting fact, these are people who joined in January and decided to make an intro thread:
MD23 - lasted 1 day, made 16 posts topsy_kretts - lasted 1 day, made 2 posts WhiteStripesTenaciousD1 - lasted 1 day, made 0 posts savannah - made 125 posts, lasted over a month and is a live and kicking dert_stylus - lasted 13 days, made 14 posts ILoveMyiPod - lasted 1 day, made 0 posts IheartB5and2MUCH - lasted 1 day, made 1 post Return.To.Sender - lasted 1 day, made 8 posts mrbagel3 - lasted 2 days, made 11 posts tobiran - lasted 2 days, made 7 posts pinkfloyd - lasted 1 day, made 0 posts lawdy_missclawdy - lasted 1 day, made 0 posts ItalianStallion - lasted 7 days, made 11 posts Lizzie - made 367 posts, lasted over a month and is alive and kicking ghostonstage135 - made 48 posts, lasted a month and a half Dirtnap - lasted 1 day, made 2 posts Joseph - lasted 20 days, made 10 posts Mortimer - lasted 1 day, made 3 posts Bug - lasted 2 days, made 6 posts Mishramtg - lasted 2 days, made 9 posts antihero496 - lasted, 7 days, made 15 posts As you can see, only 3 people out of 21 have stayed a wile longer and have some prospect of becoming a regular member. I'm guessing the statistic for other months isn't much better. My question is, why do people bother making intro threads if they have no intention of staying for a while? I don't think I ever made one and I've lasted for almost 3 years now. Why is the first thing you do when you get to a forum making a thread and introducing yourself? The first thing I did was search for my favorite bands (at the time) and say something about them. 4 people out of 21 didn't make a single post outside the introductions area! Can you believe that shit?? Anyways, this has been bothering me for a while now, mainly because I'm tired of not only spending my own time trying to welcome these people under the assumption that they're here to stay (because why else would you go through the trouble of making a goddamn introduction thread?!), but of seeing others waste their time going through the motions. Anyone else feeling my pain?
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02-17-2008, 11:28 AM | #4 (permalink) |
Such That
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Austin, Tx
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Well the forums pretty dope for a minute, then you realize that nothing changes. I still thumb through old threads every now and again to get ideas on what I want to listen to. I have to wade through pages of the same repetitive stuff for pages before I find any gems.
Not trying to be insulting, just offering my opinion. Also, the no cussing thing is annoying. |
02-17-2008, 11:41 AM | #5 (permalink) |
dontcareaboutyou
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 5,188
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fuck fu-ck f00k
it's not that annoying
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02-17-2008, 11:46 AM | #6 (permalink) | |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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02-17-2008, 12:18 PM | #7 (permalink) |
The Sexual Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Somewhere cooler than you
Posts: 18,605
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If people actually contributed rather than getting involved in petty arguments you wouldn't have to wade through loads of repetitive crap.
If the forum seems the same then it's because it's always the same handful of people going to the effort of doing things all the time. This forum is what YOU make it.
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02-17-2008, 12:36 PM | #8 (permalink) |
Lvl 70 Troll Hunter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Sunny Phoenix
Posts: 482
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Well I'm still around and I never made an intro thread.
I'll probably have periods of inactivity, but I'll still come back for periods of activity as well. So ya... Don't delete my account if I don't show up for a couple weeks! |
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