No Thanks New Members/Rules

I agree. It seems as if it would make things a whole lot easier...

 

I agree with this rule, it wouls help the site a lot.

 

I fully agree with this idea.

Especially because I see it on a lot of forums, and it's very handy.

+vote

 

Fricken agreed.

I like good suggestions.

Go Mish.

 

It's just a suggestion, CtR. Mish and I aren't saying that this is written in stone. It can be worked on to make it work...if that makes ANY sense.

I just think it's ridiculous that the new members get told to read the rules in the intro section and then we get all these problems. Their excuse about 7/10 is 'I can't find the thread.' This way there would be no excuse for them to not have a copy handy.

 

This is a really good idea. I agree 109%

 

Alot of places have bots do this... Here's the thing... Every place that does that almost never has their rules read, I don't even read the rules in those PM's.

I'm not for or against this.

 

The rules would be sent automatically, not by the staff. ;P


@SJ: I'm not saying that every member would read them, I just think that it would be more likely that they'd be read if the rules were in their PM box. :3

 

This is good- genius idea- it would help alot I think for the staff. Good thinking! ^^

 

Just to restate the alternative I suggested (that no-one seemed to notice >_>) what if instead when you log in for the first time it says the administrators would like you to view a thread and then redirect them to the thread? I have seen it done on another vBulletin forum and it works well, it also works for when important threads are updated. It's just I was thinking the mass PM sending may slow the site maybe? Although it probably won't considering the volume of PMs already sent.

 

I agree with this, and I know it is possible because I know other forums that I have been on did it.

 

I guess I agree with this...
but then what would the rules section be there for? :/

 

For when a person had a lot of mensages and he had to delete the mensage with the rules maybe?

 

This is a good idea. I've seen this on many forums. It'll make it easier for those people who don't know how to click the "forum rules" section. Damn nubz.

 

I agree.

Not only is it a good idea but now new noobs can't make the excuse that they didn't read the rules.

 

i agree BUT just lettin you know not ALL us noobs are damned.....er...yeah.. but still i agree

 

No, it would not. Just because it's in their inbox doesn't mean they absolutely WILL read it.

 

it's more to the point of them not having excuse to not have read the rules. Since they'd have one in the inbox besides the one on the site that no one can seem to find. ee;

 

I agree with this. (if it's possible)

 

Okay, I am fed up with all the spammy n00bs. We need to be rid of them.

Okay, I have seen a lot of noobs around that act like idiots. They advertise, speak in all caps, abuse smilies, don't spell check and are overall a rather big pain. We need to remove them, or at least cut down on them.

The catch is, banning does not seem right. They make a few mistakes, then we smash the banhammer and they are gone. People de-rep them, and they are gone. This is not right. We need to try to teach them! Everyone here has learned about using commas, capitals, periods and smilies. The thing is, the newbs are not so educated in the ways of netiquette. We need to do something to teach them. Not a ruleset, because no one reads them. A help guide to forum life is what I think we should get.

We need to write a guide to netiquette on here, and auto PM it to new members. It would be easy enough to do, and it would help, I am certain. Especially if they had to go to the guide to be able to post.

You get what I am saying, right? I have seen too many newbies do something stupid, like advertising, then it becomes a slippery slope. They get flamed, and they flame back. They get nega-repped. They then make a thread about how sorry they are/how much everyone here is mean, and the fire continues to burn.

I know I am not perfect, I do my share of stupid things as well. I try to rectify my mistakes though. I know my spelling/grammar is not perfect, but I am not asking for perfection, merely newbs that can spell you as you, not "U".

We need to stop this cycle of a slippery slope! I will happily help to write the guide, just please, let me help save the newbs...

That is all I have to say, thank you for reading.