Member Appreciation Week

[G13]

Earlier I was doing a bit of stalking and saw a very heartwarming VM exchange. I won't reveal names because then they'll know I'm stalking them () but one member said a very nice thing to a recent new member. It got me thinking that we need more of this. It's not very often that any of us go out of our way to make new members, or old for that matter, feel accepted. Most of us are here every day and only interact with familiar members, hardly ever do we strike up a conversation with anyone new. Sure some of us probably think "I bet that guy's pretty cool" but how often do we do anything about it? I challenge everyone to spend this next week talking to new people. Just say hi at the very least. Let them know you know they exist.

[Freya]

OK! I haven't been doing this with new members lately cause i've been busy with life and stuff but i'll put more effort into it!

[Pheesh]

It seems like less new members have been making newbie threads since the vb change...or am I just not paying attention :/

[G13]

I dunno. I haven't been noticing any either. But even then, people post in them and then what? How often does anyone continue the conversation from there?

This isn't just for newbies though. There are a good amount of members here that I don't know better than I should. People who could very well have many of the same interests that I do but we won't know one way or the other until someone takes the first step. It's for all of us to break away from our little cliques and become more of the community we claim to be.

[Rodarian]

I appreciate new members... I do.... But I only lurk in a few places these days... Plus I rarely go down to underworld threads. :snicker:

[Bunny]

I thought this was going to be a thread about me.

[G13]

It is!

[Marshall Banana]

Let's have a Star Wars marathon.

[Alive-Cat]

I make a habit of finding the newest member daily, and giving them a usernote/giving them a 'visitor message' (whatever you crazy kids are saying these days.)
I think usually though, it just ends up scaring them. Am I really so hard to love?

[Rantz]

I remember when Alive-Man gave me my first usernote ever. I thought he was making fun of me.

[Alive-Cat]

I remember when Alive-Man gave me my first usernote ever. I thought he was making fun of me.

I think that is the general opinion! I think now you have the proportional strength of twenty men. And your dance moves have improved VASTLY.
Oh yeah and your voice is still as sweet as an angel.

[Old Manus]

Not all new forumgoers are 12 year old girls who've never used a forum before!

[Psychotic]

Do I have to? Can't I just look down on newer members with a smug sense of superiority because I joined before they did? If I can't exclude them from my e-treehouse then frankly I have nothing else left to live for.

(fao: new members who don't know me, THIS IS JOKE, ALL I SAY IS JOKE, PSYCHOTIC NOT SERIOUS MEMBER AT ALL please be my friend forever )

[~*~Celes~*~]

Do I have to? Can't I just look down on newer members with a smug sense of superiority because I joined before they did? If I can't exclude them from my e-treehouse then frankly I have nothing else left to live for.

(fao: new members who don't know me, THIS IS JOKE, ALL I SAY IS JOKE, PSYCHOTIC NOT SERIOUS MEMBER AT ALL please be my friend forever )

xDDD

[Hollycat]

Where do I fit in this list

respect

0-!----------------------100

forum power

0-!----------------------100

seriousness

0---!--------------------100

connections

0---------------------!--100 (you have no idea)

banned by 2013 likelyness

0----------------------!-100

avatar

0-----------------------!100



btw, this is how we should use rep points, have a few different areas that you can give rep to, and then on your profile it says what rank you are by number. like an av rep and a knowledgable/believable rep, and an over all good person rep.
yeah