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heheh Nope also got friends in the age of 19 its just a mixed crowd in the uni that im studying in... thats all im saying.
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Posted: 2004-08-30 19:17:02
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A person may be new to Esato, and only have a couple of posts, but they may have a lot of knowledge about phones, so how would you class them? I personally am against calling people "noobs", to my mind its a slightly degrading thing.
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Posted: 2004-08-30 20:12:42
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i guess mods are veterans,
rest of us newbies!
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Posted: 2004-08-30 22:36:12
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@plasmadog
I'm not sure if I would agree with your analysis.
@masseur
I don't see as being that divisive an issue; I think it quite relevant t Esato since these terms are used on a regular basis. I'm not too happy with the terms myself because I think they are somewhat misleading in that someone who has only been a member for a few days and has made only a few posts, but has a vast knowledge of mobile phones and technology in general is accorded less respect and/or status than a member who has been a member for years and has made numerous posts, most of which have been tosh.
To my mind a newbie is a new member who has just joined Esato irrespective of the number of posts they have made and a veteran is someone who has been an active member for more than a year (conviently making me one
). In general I don't see a need for any of these terms and I would prefer that they didn't exist since they imply that some members have greater status than others, when in fact it is only the moderators who have any form of status.
The whole issue comes back to the post count; quite a number of people seem to put a lot of stock in the post as a measure of how important a member is, for some reason. I have been in favour of scrapping the post count for a while, perhaps if we did it would end a lot of this nonsense about status. I have noticed that some other forums give members 'titles', some quite amusing, based upon the number of posts they have made, perhaps this would be a better indicator of a member's post count that would also allow a little fun at the same time.
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Posted: 2004-08-30 23:17:33
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Well...
I still feel like newbie sometimes. I mean; Esato still teaches me new things.
(It hasn't been that educating lately though...)
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Posted: 2004-08-30 23:21:00
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@tranquil
Do you have standardised posts? I have seen that post before!
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Posted: 2004-08-31 00:15:43
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Why do we need to discuss this post count, newcomer etc things again and again and again? Esato works great, many new visitors every day, i mean the mashine is in roll.
This message was posted from a T630
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Posted: 2004-08-31 00:57:09
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@boba
We don't need to discuss anything, but that is usually what happens in forums, people have discussion about things. The discussion led on to the post count so I feel that it is a valid point to discuss. Every time this issue is raised someone comes along and says that there is no point in discussing it and so the discussion is cut short before more than a few members have had a chance to have their say on it.
I am not so sure why you feel that discussion of this issue somehow impacts upon Esato in a detrimental way, after all there is nothing wrong with trying to make a good thing better. Perhaps instead of simply dismissing such discussions you could provide valid points as to why you disagree. Interesting I would like to hear from some of the newer members on this issue since most of the people who discuss these issues tend to be older members.
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Posted: 2004-08-31 01:48:46
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I guess the total # of posts made does not totally qualify with the issue at hand
! @sammy_boy is quite right back there, just like in the case of @bobafett who made a 3.8K posts/replies in just a couple of months
Some have registered wayback in 2002 and have only . . . what 50 # of posts! It's quite a hard 'Q' to rebutt
It's like the 'Q' of which ever comes first the chicken or the egg
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Posted: 2004-08-31 01:50:02
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there are actually more than 2 kinds of "status" here in ESATO
1) Newbie
2) Veteran
3) and those who doesn't care whether you're either.
I think, it's participation that counts.
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Posted: 2004-08-31 02:59:38
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