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Being the new guy/gal can be tough. Almost as tough on you as it is on the established community. Veterans new and old, I ask you this: What tips would you give a grupthink newbie?
Ultimately, we'll be able to point them at this poll, in an effort to curtail any ugliness...
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 Always add a topic and answer image  
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 Search topics.
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 Please don't take it personally
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 You are entering a community
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 We Don't Care What You "Don't" Do
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 Be thoughtful of others - right or wrong
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 Less is more |
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 I can c u need 2 b str8end out
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 You can't delete your comments |
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 Negative Answers are Irrelevant 99% of the Time
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 It's not a crime to lurk for a good long while. |
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 Grupthink IS NOT your automated argument machine
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 One Question At A Time |
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 Always add a picture that represents you
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 Read Carefully |
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131 grupies have voted on one or more of the 30 answers. This topic was started by patrick_levell
on December 3rd, 2006. Tags: n00b, newbies, noob, tips
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We all may be creating the small package cockshot uber meme as we speak....
Bump for the new kids..
Now move slide your rump
Just for a minute let's all do the bump...
Bump, bump, bump - bumpbump bump!
U Can't Touch This!
Bumped but seemingly never read.
HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead...HeadOn, apply directly to the forehead...
At least we tried,
Maybe the next Grupthink version should REQUIRE images at every step,
It would look so pretty,
(and support images in threads!)
http://i24.photobucket...21/BUMP.jpg
I'd bump that any old time.
or required reading!
You know it's gonna be a hell of a day when your morning begins with bumping Tips for Grupthink Newbies...
http://www.grupthink.c...50307&pap=1
Feel the love.
Newbies...please read this....
[returns to protracted weeping.]
Awww poor Patrick! Here's a hanky! Don't worry some of the noobs will see the light... eventually!
[sobs, returning to sanity]
...thanks, sweetheart...
[blows nose comically into hanky]
I think I stubbed my toe.
we should be able to just write a trigger to do this pretty easily, Holo?
except for that uewebawo guy. watch out for him. he'll cut you just for fun. i hear he kicks puppies into burning buildings.
yougonnagetshanked!
http://www.grupthink.com/topic/5033
You are SO right, tinkertoy! I have joined groups and then just dropped out without ever participating cuz the atmosphere just seemed so unwelcoming.
that's not a bump, that's a space station!
before beauty
as opposed to sage (Japanese)
but I like the way you think
Nice Kibber...............somehow this should always stay at the top, like some FAQs do on message boards.......
Sticky this topic Grupthink gurus!
*bump*
bump, bump, bump
That Sir, is Funny and marked as Such!
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/kay/tombstones/bump_miloflorence.jpg
LMAO!!!!!
your lack of newviewingofthistopic means we must BUMP! for great justice!
another symbolic yet useless bump
http://sports.espn.go....tatsId=7169
*Hic*
ops... 'scuse me!
Bump, nao moar than evar
http://image.guardian....llery12.jpg
http://i18.tinypic.com/4vqayoy.jpg
http://static.grupthin...eb741436958
http://www1.istockphot..._bump_2.jpg
These tips are all well and good and to the best of my knowledge I follow all of them, being a newbie. But maybe there should be another similar thread for those of you who are no longer classed as newbies and should no better, as I see most of these rules violated on a weekly basis by people I wouldn't class as newbies :-) Just a suggestion.
Examples?
Are you trying to tell me you haven't seen any? Today alone I've examples of posting without pictures, posting dupe topics and negative answer topics. I'm not gonna start naming names as I'm not trying to make anyone look bad, just pointing out it happens. If you've never seen it your not looking.
(I just noticed that in my first post I seem to have forgotten to use punctuation, what was I thinking, lol. Sorry.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4xG01b7lfc
this topic needs to be permanently stuck to the front page somewhere.
http://www.grupthink.com/
See "Sponsored topics"
:)
ooooh. VERY nice!
Indeed. Triple-plus good!
or, if anyone REALLY likes grupthink that much, would anyone be willing to form a grup whose sole function was to bump up important topics?
http://grupthink.com/tag/meta