Newbies have feelings too, you know.

[Cz]

I always post a n00b thread at a new forum, cuz it helps "to meet" most active members of the forum and to know their interests and make final decisions. It usually works... except EoFF. Most of EoFF's posters don’t read posts. That’s the problem, not being hard on niewbies or making jokes. You people think that most newbies don't have any sense of humour. That's ridiculous! Amd I don't see any special humour here. This forum pretty much similar to other forums. The differences are very tiny feedback and lack of dialogue.

Of course newbies have a sense of humour. However, the kind of humour you'll find here is very different from some boards. It just depends where you come from, that's all. Some people might not have even been to an internet forum before, and it's quite possible that they might not get some of the in-jokes.

I do agree that newbie threads are often ignored by most EoFFers, but the fact is that once you've welcomed a dozen people or so, there's very little new that you can say, and your replies feel a little meaningless. It's hard not to feel a little silly if all you can say to a newbie is 'Hi, and welcome.' Perhaps that's the cause of some of the spammy replies we get around here.