Posted by Walnutman at 24.66.28.176.on.wave.home.com on October 14, 2000 at 13:13:37:
In Reply to: Very good suggestions! posted by Jennifer_ann_7 on October 14, 2000 at 13:10:15:
: Looking forward to meeting you at V2K!
: Jennifer
: : I agree, the amazing flaming of newbies has got to stop. But not really.
: : To explain:
: : 1) The summaries are mentioned both on the splash page and the top of this board, complete with links. It's their fault they haven't read them.
: : 2) Let's face it, some newbies are quite assholes. Remember RavingMadBomberKing or however it was capitalized? ChiefWhipAss on this board? Silent Brandon? Well, not Brandon, he's a good boy now. But some people just come on because they saw Clerks, they've got the Internet, and they were dropped on their head as a child. In other words: To piss off people.
: : Okay, now here's my idea:
: : 1) A Survivor-like vote when a really annoying person comes on. Maybe someone semi-important (I'm thinking Darth Dobbin) has the power to elect a newbie for banishment, and if the thread get 15 or so posts, the newbie's deleted. This would, of course, only be for extreme cases (re: WhipAss).
: : 2) A quiz before joining. Stuff that's in the summaries, to make sure the new joiner has read them, and is not even thinking about asking when Clerks 2 is being released.
: : 3) All people wanting to buy tickets to a VA related event should not only have an ID on this board and be a regular poster (regular means been here for 3 months with substantial posts), but also (a) not have busted View Askew with any other failed payments, and (b) not be an annoying prick. I shudder to think that I am Silent Bob could've gotten into Vulgarathon.
: : *shudder*
: : Well, those are my opinions in a nutshell. Thank you Jennifer, for letting me vent. You were one of the good people when you came here new (despite the voluminous "hey...how YOU doin?" posts).
: : Marilyn Ghigliotti for VA5.
: : ~~Walnutman~~