Re: Why this idea could NEVER work...

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: : : : I totally agree with you. : : : I've been hanging around here for a fairly long time, and in my honest opinion the "regulars" are not really the ones who flame people. Most of the people that have stuck around for a long time seem to really try helping new people with questions, although the new folk who don't read the summaries like they are supposed to sometimes get told to go read them. : : I honestly think that is you could check the people who are flaming those around them, in general they have only began posting here within the last 6 months or so. : I'd be willing to go a little farther and bet that a lot of the flamers are really really new and just think it is cool. I also think that there are some posters who make a point of saying something nasty to every possible post they can. : : Besides that fact, your logic is slightly skewed in a sense. You say that new people are treated badly by the "regulars," and yet the only thing most regulars really ask new folk to do is read the summaries, which is the ONE thing you are supposed to do before posting. By process of elimination it can be deduced that the new poster's actions are the direct cause of getting flamed (I'm not a math teacher, but isn't that the law of syllogism? If A=B and B=c, then A=C?). : : : Here are my ideas to help solve this: Is there a way to put the most commonly asked questions (i.e. What happened to Clerks 2? and What is the cast list for VA5) at the top of the board page? Or maybe have a page in the middle of where you subscribe that lists these most frequently asked questions. : : I'm not trying to criticize, but here's why that wouldn't work. For those of us who have been here a long time, the list of questions that would have to be included on this page is enormous. Certainly the questions go in waves (like the Clerks 2 question right now), but the list is huge. : : : Another probelem with this logic is how mindblowingly time-consuming it would be for the people running this board to come up with cliffs notes for people with no patience or sense. I'm sure Ming and Toads and the NewsAskew crew have better things to do. Furthermore, there is already a list of anwsers to frequently asked questions. It's called the summaries. : : I can tell you that the most annoying question asked on this board is, "why is everyone so mean?" : : Right on sister. If you can't take the heat get out of the kitchen, or at least please, oh please, quit your bitchin. (that rhymes!) : : The "regulars" as you put it, are also tired of seeing that same stupid "read the summaries" post all the time. We're also tired of people not reading the summaries. It's such a simple thing to do, and yet some people feel the need to break the rules (set up by Kevin I should add) because they are too lazy to take 20 minutes and read something. : : My advice has always been to new people on this board that you should do two things when you first get here. First, read the summaries. A quick read through answers so many questions that it helps everyone out. Second, take a week or so and just read the posts on the board. Get used to the feel of the board before you come in and piss people off. I waited 3 months before posting for the first time, and that was in the day when Kevin was here every day answering questions. That time period worked for me, and everyone should find their own. But coming in and posting inappropriately because you assume the board works like every other bored is just plain stupid. : : I concur, yet again. : : : : : Last thing. Stop being asses! Thats all I have to say. : : : Jennifer : : : Trying to make this world a happier place : "Stop being asses!" No offense, but back atcha babe. : : The irony of you coming in here and claiming that the "regulars" are asses does not escape me. Over the last few years we've had several people come onto this board and "lecture" about how it should be run and how the people should behave. This board has developed a personality over the years, and those who don't like it don't have to stay. A lot of the older posters have left, and a lot of the newer ones won't stay. But the board is the board, and coming here and leaving suggestions on how it could better suit the way you would like it to be seems like the definition of being an "ass" to me. : : The greater irony, is that most people know I'm one of the nice, helping friendly folk around these parts. Must be male PMS. : : ksb : You are nice. And I feel badly that you had to waste your time spelling things out again for the whiny masses. : : Yes. There is some nastiness on this here board. But you gotta remember that there are also some dumbasses that deserve it. If people would follow directions and use some common sense, then we wouldn't be wasting all this board space. : xoxo--courtlyn

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