Welcoming First Time Visitors
This is a discussion on Welcoming First Time Visitors within the Suggestions & Site Issues forums, part of the BRISKODA Announcements, News, Introductions and Rules category; There seem to be an increasing number of people on here who are welcoming every first time visitor - and ...
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06-12-2007, 13:53
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| Marmite Burner  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Upper Ramsbottom
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|  Welcoming First Time Visitors There seem to be an increasing number of people on here who are welcoming every first time visitor - and are doing so in large batches. Whilist I appreciate it is always good to give new members a welcome, I am becoming increasingly frustrated when I view recent threads (using New Posts or Today's Posts) and come across a long list of welcome posts. I know I can hide that section, but if I see a new visitor, and paticularly if the new visitor has a question I can help with, then I will reply myself. I just don't feel the need to personally welcome every single one of them! Am I the only one becoming wound up by this?
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06-12-2007, 14:06
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Cork City, Ireland
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Quote:
 . If I was new and went to the effort of saying hi to the people on a site I think I would like it if someone was to say hello and welcome back to me  | |
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06-12-2007, 14:12
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hertfordshire
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Quote:
 I joined a forum and posted in the welcome section and had no posts back  I think it's nice to welcome ALL new members 
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06-12-2007, 14:22
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Cruising the M65
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Maybe it would be better if new comers said hello in the right section and then asked questions, elsewhere in the relevant sections. Does there need to be some further instruction from the mods here? (Say hello here.... but ask any questions elsewhere.......)
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06-12-2007, 14:24
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| Marmite Burner Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Upper Ramsbottom
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Quote:
My moan is that some people seem to be logging on, and saying hello to every new member that has joined since they were last online! If all 25,000 of us did that, there wouldn't be much space for other threads. At the end of the day, if I'm the only one that finds it annoying, I will just have to live with it (or work round it)
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06-12-2007, 14:52
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kent
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors i know what you mean. i cant see the point about blanket "hi and welcome to the forum" posts. as if you are someone who knows about forums you can see that the persons not saying hi to you but just increasing their post count. its nice to be a newbie and get some welcome posts back but seeing all those ones in a line can be anoying. i dont know if its doen on here but on some sites ive been on the posts in the welcome sections dont count, therefore you tend to get less of this blanket posting
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06-12-2007, 15:25
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kingston upon Hull
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors I have to admit I welcomed several people in a row earlier today as I had some spare time in the office, which isn't often. It is nice to be welcomed when joining as I was when I did. If I caused a problem by doing so, then I apologise. On a different note, I love the site and have found everyone friendly. Keep up the good work |
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06-12-2007, 15:33
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| Briskodian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Kent
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Quote:
dont think anyones saying dont say hi
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06-12-2007, 19:20
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| Marmite Burner Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Upper Ramsbottom
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I not suggesting it needs to go back to that - it would just be good to strike the right balance between being nice to new members and not filling up the new posts page with welcome threads! @pacman70 - no apology needed - and you are certainly not the only one! Hope I've managed to explain where I'm coming from.
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06-12-2007, 19:27
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newport/Preston
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors it's called being polite lol 
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06-12-2007, 19:31
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| Briskoda Staff  Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hampshire
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors I think Ants has kinda hit the nail on the head. Briksoda has quite a large 'transient' population where people discover us on Google and aren't interested in anything other than asking their question. I do try to make a point in welcoming most of the people from a moderator perspective so that at least they can see that there are some of us around.
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06-12-2007, 20:04
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| higher power  Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: another banwagon thats come and gone :D
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Face it Andy, you are just unsociable , maybe spending too much time in Mr. G's company
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06-12-2007, 20:31
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| Cuthbert Dibble  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Watching Tom peeping at Lady Godiva.
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Welcome to Briskoda Billy Bunter
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06-12-2007, 20:32
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| 2.0 FSI Sport  Join Date: May 2007 Location: oxon
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors so what we suppose to do to new members, pm them and warn them of the secret service on here? I know one thing i wouldnt be here if it wasnt for the warm welcome i got when i came on here. Just remember you be nice to the new members as you never know when youmight need them!! |
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06-12-2007, 21:05
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| Briskodian  Join Date: May 2005 Location: belfast
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors it's just common decency to acknowledge 1s't timers. it's a friendly & informative site thats why most people stick around and go to meets...
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06-12-2007, 21:20
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Preston
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors I try and welcome all new members but have to admit that is habit as I run a site and have to do it on there. I do think that it is nice for new members to be welcomed, I know if I hadn't been welcomed when I first joined I wouldn't have felt welcome and probably gone elsewhere. I do agree with Ants mind, maybe it could be clearer that questions should be directed to the relevant threads |
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06-12-2007, 21:25
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| 2.0 FSI Sport Join Date: May 2007 Location: oxon
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors psssssst there is another new member, lets silently wave a hello at them from over here |
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06-12-2007, 21:43
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| Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Preston
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07-12-2007, 05:10
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| Briskodian  Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Behind the wheel of a small automobile somewhere in the East Midlands
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors Right, just going to have a look at how many post-whored off my back
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07-12-2007, 06:31
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| Old Git  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Wiltshire
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| Re: Welcoming First Time Visitors I can understand some people going for a "block welcome session" I sometimes add my comments to to 3 or 4 at a time ....the reason .........I am not on here all day so when I am I tend to try and "catch up" with the last days posts |
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