So...
After watching the newb threads closer lately, I knew things had to change. They inevitably veer offtopic as people run out of witty things to say to the newb. Then I end up deleting posts and closing the thread. Rinse and repeat. That said, I also recently got some feedback on the whole PG process. The comment was basically that it can be quite daunting and require a good deal of effort on the newb's part - for fucks sake this is USELESS forums.
There was also the spammer problem. They would sign up for the forums, never post in their newb thread, and it would go offtopic or get voted closed. All of these things seem overdone and cumbersome.
Additionally, <5% of people who register seem to become somewhat regular posters here. Being such a small forum, we need to put as few restrictions on new users as possible in hopes that these new people will return and give us additional people to make fun of.
Ya so here's the deal, if you couldn't guess it. We're going to try running without newb threads and see how that works out. New users will now be just like you and me, only they probably smell less. So expect to see newbs that you haven't heard of posting in random threads. Any posts like "Who the fuck are you" will result in vacations.
Now it's your turn. Comments?
After watching the newb threads closer lately, I knew things had to change. They inevitably veer offtopic as people run out of witty things to say to the newb. Then I end up deleting posts and closing the thread. Rinse and repeat. That said, I also recently got some feedback on the whole PG process. The comment was basically that it can be quite daunting and require a good deal of effort on the newb's part - for fucks sake this is USELESS forums.
There was also the spammer problem. They would sign up for the forums, never post in their newb thread, and it would go offtopic or get voted closed. All of these things seem overdone and cumbersome.
Additionally, <5% of people who register seem to become somewhat regular posters here. Being such a small forum, we need to put as few restrictions on new users as possible in hopes that these new people will return and give us additional people to make fun of.
Ya so here's the deal, if you couldn't guess it. We're going to try running without newb threads and see how that works out. New users will now be just like you and me, only they probably smell less. So expect to see newbs that you haven't heard of posting in random threads. Any posts like "Who the fuck are you" will result in vacations.
Now it's your turn. Comments?