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Well, when I joined it were all diff'r'nt see. You served y' time as a lurker and then, and only then, y' signed up a filled out y' profile and mebe made a post or mebe just lurked a bit longer.
But y' see.....we all respected them as 'ad the xperience. Them who 'ad stood in't front line, like.
So when we posted it were, well, it were respectful, an' we would just post summat interestink like. Or summat teknikal.

But bugger me! These young uns. They wade right in with contentious issues an' slagging off them as is just 'aving a jape or usin' irony. It fair meks me weep, Old Sodjiers been forced out of their retirement 'ome by these youngsters.

Where's the respect?
They come on 'ere with their arsey ways and their clever blimmin sarkiness, and never gettin' upset with their "Who me? I'm just being nice" ways.

But we know. They're over from t'other lot. They're here to mek bother.


Oh [--word removed--] me. What 're we gonna do now?
 
Things have changed. The forum was a lot smaller and was more cliquey and more difficult to break into. These days it's huge with a vast number of members, so much easier to post as a newbie, and a lot less intimidating

A lot of the spirit has been lost though
 
Hate to bring this to the fore , but according to a write up in the April MBM , the forum ways are scary to newbies , does anyone really want it to be scary , or just want respect . The two are not the same
 
everyone is welcome, forums thrive on new members as they bring new stories and experiences.

The ones that do best are people looking for information, or wanting to impart information.

The ones that come a cropper are those that have no idea of forum etiquette, and don't spend a little while reading through old posts a little first to understand how the forum works, then burst on advertising something or demanding an answer sent to their email address
 
The one I'm talking about just wanted to know how to tie knots , are we that scary that people daren't ask , sorry but flaming happens , as a relative newbie , I do know how scary it is , just to say hello
 
Doesn't it depend on the forum?

PBO is nice and technical and that is where to get stuff about knots.

Liveaboard can very twee and polite.

I don't make the time to visit the mobo's so I can't comment.

YM is a lot rougher, and I wouldn't expect to get an easy time there.

... and the Lounge is where the thugs let their hair down /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
the lounge is registered members only though, so that's why we can let our hair down, as no danger of putting off unregistered browsers.

The same principle applies elsewhere
 
I think it is a little weird for someone to be scared to post on a forum because they might not get a nice response! I mean, what would they do if they were hopelessly lost in their car and were too scared to ask for directions because the person might not be incredibly friendly.
So, I think the main issue here lies with the 'non-newbie' being very insecure.

I don't recall a newbie being flamed for asking a genuine question. There was a thread the other day about catching a ropes around props, somebody didn't understand how you could catch a rope around a prop and therefore asked it happened. Obviously the question prompted an "are you serious" but it was answered nonetheless.
 
it depends on how you approach the forum

If people suspect a troll, then some will wade in. If someone asks a genuine question, in a genuine manner, then they are likely to receive a very good response.

Asking for answers to be sent to an email address for instance, is likely to receive a curt response on forum etiquette. Even though doggie doesn't agree
 
I'm a new forumite and thouroughly enjoy the wit, sarcasm and utter bollox that is discussed and aired through these pages. I also, as a newcomer to yachting, have learned a great deal through the PBO forum.

Please be patient with us new guys, some of who are not the youngsters (but want to be) mentioned by Lakesailor. We enjoy the banter and will, in time, have the confidence to join in.
What is the "Lounge" that some of the regulars refer to?
 
Since most of the UK now seems to spend a couple of hours every evening on a forum rather than watching the idiotbox, perhaps inevitable that forum know-how is easily ported ... people just think 'ooh, this is a bit different to Crochet World / Rock Room / Bondage Weekly/ Boats Monthly but the characters are just the same .... there's the one that just drops in a pithy comment now and again, there's the one on a single issue crusade (4/16 Merino Wool, REM, PVC harnesses, EPIRBs), there's the 'puter buff, there's the Old Man of The Crochet Hook / Bass Axe / Ball Gag / Sea, there's the slow one, there's the kid, there's the one with the stoopid comments that everyone else slaps down, there's the attention-seeker, there's the sensible one......'

Of course, I suspect it's actually the same people posting on all the fora - what do you think PureWool / GigMonster / ChainFreak / LakeSailor?
 
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What is the "Lounge" that some of the regulars refer to?

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Find a quiet place, stand still, listen.....hear that continual whining sound? You've found it. ( A Newbie wearing a Nomex suit ) /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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