newbies. Options

[*not_your_average*]

There are many, many issues to address when it comes to n00bs and newbies. That is the purpose of this thread. What different issues are we talking here? Well, for starters, I think we should impose a limit on how many posts a person can have before they can be warned. I don't think many people read the community guidelines. I know I didn't when I came in.

That's where the People Staff comes in. If a newbie has committed an offense in a topic (chances are they probably won't know it), a person on People Staff can PM them the community guidelines. After reading them over, the newbie can PM the staff member back and not only feel welcome in cB, but also establish rapport with a well-known member.

Another issue is the way newbies are treated. To be quite blunt, many cBers can be extremely rude to new people, especially if they unknowingly do something wrong. We need to clearly point out that mistreatment of newbies will NOT be tolerated, and that anyone who does mistreat newbies will be warned.

Anymore?

[KissMe2408]

Even if newcomers do read the community guidelines and all, most of them still get mixed up. Like they post something in the girls locker room that should be in the relationships forum. Or they make a duplicate thread...you know. It takes some time and experience to really get everything down. Usually they post an introduction, not all of them, but a good amount. And they are again reminded to read the community guidelines. I mean I would be easy on the newcomers and just say to them in a thread, "sorry we've got another topic on this" or "sorry...so and so" "read the community guidelines". I mean we're here to make them feel welcome, not to bully them or yell at them to follow procedures. So in that case I think (especially) for the first week or so, mods should kinda let it slid if they make mistakes. I mean there are some that are going to come onto Createblog and spam for the fun of it! we've all seen those. Those are a different story.
But yeah, usually there is always a mod or even a member that says something in a thread, or PM's them with the community guidelines, or whatever they are doing wrong.