Can't end patrol

Sniper297 · 05-21-19, 04:02 PM

I haven't said anything up to now, to me they're like walmart greeters - some like them or they wouldn't be there, I just smile, nod, and move on.

However. If we're looking to increase membership it CAN be counterproductive, new guy joins to ask a question, instead of an answer he gets several welcome messages, and when the welcomers have links in their siggys it can be real confusing to a newcomer since he assumes his answer is in one of the links somewhere. Not going to encourage a new guy to stay by spamming with warm welcome messages and zero helpful posts that actually deal with the problems, some of the forums I've been a moderator on would consider that type of thing OFF TOPIC and delete them.

05-21-19, 04:02 PM	#1
Sniper297 The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philadelphia Shipyard Brig Posts: 1,386 Downloads: 160 Uploads: 19	I haven't said anything up to now, to me they're like walmart greeters - some like them or they wouldn't be there, I just smile, nod, and move on. However. If we're looking to increase membership it CAN be counterproductive, new guy joins to ask a question, instead of an answer he gets several welcome messages, and when the welcomers have links in their siggys it can be real confusing to a newcomer since he assumes his answer is in one of the links somewhere. Not going to encourage a new guy to stay by spamming with warm welcome messages and zero helpful posts that actually deal with the problems, some of the forums I've been a moderator on would consider that type of thing OFF TOPIC and delete them.