You can say that there are nice people in chat to newbies, but I really have not seen it. I don't recall anyone with an FF name joining #eoff and lasting very long and becoming a member of a community, and eh, I first went to #eoff in 2002 (And the first time I did certain EoFFers who currently go by the names of "Lindy" and "MecaKane" were jerks to me for no apparent reason, but eh, I beautifully outwitted them in a discussion about boxes, but most newbies lack my skills of discussing boxes. It's a rare gift!) and if I haven't seen it in roughly 2 years - admittedly I have not been a regular for all of that - then I somewhat doubt that it occurs. And the whole idea of warming them to the group is getting them to stay...something seems to be failing.
Your song, while intended to be lighthearted, merely highlights these prejudices and difficulties. And as for the party believing all that about chat flavour and the like? Yeah, OK. Maybe you personally believe that, and I'm not going to say that you don't, but it seems to me that BoB made his same old party, and tacked #eoff onto it just to gain more members as he knows his popularity is dwindling.
Butt head :coolnakedgreeniepandanamedmegan: