Posted by evil mouse at dsl-64-34-44-1.telocity.com on October 14, 2000 at 14:30:38:
In Reply to: Re: Suggestion for Ming/HolyToads posted by Walnutman on October 14, 2000 at 13:07:12:
: 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~~
Those are good ideas, though I disagree with the requirement for substatial posts. It makes sense for them to have been on for a few months, but personally I don't post that often just because I usually don't have questions to ask, and I tend to be behind a lot of other people in getting information so the questions I do have tend to be answered by the time I have them. But even though I don't post I'm on the board at least a few times a week.
Now that I've rambled sufficiently, I must say goodbye.
-mouse (who's feeling quite verbose, comparatively speaking)
P.S. The idea of voting people off is good, especially if they go your way and make it so only a few established posters can nominate