I gotta go

[Caddyman]

I can't stick around and make 5 meaningless posts in this forum category in order to post in a different category.

well that is the rule and as many have explained it is for good reason.

I would like the forum administration to carefully study their strategy. Because making it difficult for new members to engage is not the road to success.

well how gracious of you to depart this wisdom upon them.

I have a little experience in this area. But I'll find out about e-cigarettes from experience I suppose.

you have experience as what the owner of forumuniversity.com? a admin forum with 1400 members? ECF here is running 39000+ and is one of the nicest and well staffed communities i have seen online.

I own 4 (vbulletin) forums myself and tech admin at a dozen others so i have some experience as well

Can my account be deleted? If it can't be deleted, can you just change my username to igottago?

i dont believe that any well mannered and experienced admin would act so childishly.

"delete my account or change my name" ... seriously?



ETA: that was a little mean but it gets under my skin when admins sign up on forums and act like they know how to run it better....

 

[Trance]

Alot of forums have rules to where you can post for new members..it cuts down on spam..and also gets most of your early questions answered fairly quickly..instead of posting in the wrong place and just getting *wrong area moved*...have some patience...and seriously..how hard is it to wish people good luck with their venture or answer a few questions for people that you know the answers to.

All my questions have been answered quickly and in great detail in the new members area..

 

[Shadow Ryder]

as a new member here a member of other boards it dosent seem like a big deal to say hello to new peeps and five posts wouldn't take long.

 

[audio]

I can't stick around and make 5 meaningless posts in this forum category in order to post in a different category.

I would like the forum administration to carefully study their strategy. Because making it difficult for new members to engage is not the road to success.

I have a little experience in this area. But I'll find out about e-cigarettes from experience I suppose.

Can my account be deleted? If it can't be deleted, can you just change my username to igottago?

Hi igottago, welcome to the forum!

As far as I know, you can delete your "acount" or change your user name yourself. If you post that query, surely someone will promptly tell how to accomplish that.

By my count you already have three meaningless posts. What would it hurt to add two meaningless posts so that you would earn the privilege to post meaningless posts in other forums? I can post anywhere I want, but I didn't get to that point by posting meaningless posts. The other forums are far less active than this one, and I spend way more time here anyway. If you're so intent on posting meaningless posts in other forums, why not just post them here and be done with it? If you want to post something worthwhile, why not post it here? More people will see it and benefit from it. Or ignore it because of your condescending attitude. It's your call, of course.

I'm sorry to see that you're leaving.

 

[capnjack98]

Holy Crapton Crunch Batmang i gotta get in on this!!

I just wanted 2point out that Sombody threw out a thread basically bustin ECF chops

Lets not beat round the bush, lets look at it for what it is.....

Hey i dont like the way u guys run this forum so im outta here plain and simple, and just trying to throw in my "postive" 2cents about not very attractive to new members u say?

Now with the back peddling of" OoOoOo i was just tryin to help and give my advice because i have experiance with such matters!!" because people called you out on ur thread.

You know why they did? It werent because they are trying to be Dbags , Its not they think they" know" more then you, Its not that there just bored and wanna tap keys.

They did it because you just busted ECF's chops and the good folk who hang here stuck up for it, rightfully so.

Its an amazinly powerful tool and community that sticks 2gther and gives of there own free time to help others change there life for the better.

Within a couple hours there was 3pages worth of responses to this.. Now thats powerful.

I hope you stick around, i really do. I hope that i can learn from u and u from me.
I sure da hell hope you dont let somthing as lame as the "5post" thing steer you away from here.

Stop nitpickin and come join us my friend !!

Your more then welcome to join this new way of life with us!!

And check it out.. Its for Free and Fun!!

( Ive stopped being a Buttslut only a couple weeks, but the people here rock!! rock with us!!)

~Capn~

 

[cozzicon]

( Ive stopped being a Buttslut only a couple weeks, but the people here rock!! rock with us!!)

~Capn~

Last night... in a fit of boredom, I videoed myself taking a nasal hit from my 510.

You used the word buttslut.

You win

 

[piratecaptainbob]

haha cozz i actually watched that video lmao then slapped myself. anyway ive been a member a month just about and only started posting last night and i think i got at least 10 and its true the newb forums are more interesting

 

[spider362]

Lookie there... You already have 3. Just 2 more and you're in.

 

[zbasspro]

cozzicon I watched as well, I think I became one with the vapor, matter of fact at one point I think I may have even touched on the becoming two with the vapor, tonight i`m venturing into the unknown............yes..........i`m going to see if it`s possible to become three with the vapor!!!!!

Edit:

No sighting of the worm....what am I doing wrong! Must go watch again!

 

[Elendil]

Welcome to ECF SoftWareRevue. The members in this thread have done a great job of explaining why the 5post rule exists. I cannot add much except to say the we boot 30-50 unregistered suppliers/spammers per week. This is made a lot easier by virtue of the 5post rule. I think our members appreciate our efforts to keep the forum free of this type of undesireable element.

I do hope you decide to stay and join the community.

El

 

[cozzicon]

Redacted.......

 

[cozzicon]

Oh and as an aside... our protagonist, has apparently fled the building.

 

[Jo OnTheGo]

Here's my thoughts on this. I just joined a few days ago and at first I was like, WTF is up with these "number of posts" rules BS??? Gawd! What b..... then before I knew it, I had posted like 13 times just by replying to other peoples' threads and commenting on stuff. I was a "full member" in like two days

 

[Automaton]

"Sure, I could post a bunch of junk and gain permission to post in another forum, but why should I? I would much rather contribute to the community."

As others have said, this is the most active forum on the site. If you think you already "know everything" then why not help out some newbies who don't? How is that "not contributing" to the community?

"But wouldn't they be lost in the New Members forum? What purpose would they serve? They would get me the permission to post in the real forums."

The most popular forum on the site, both for newbies AND experts, isn't a "real" forum?

I have taken the liberty of scrolling through the first two pages of the New Members forum, and and EVERY SINGLE POST has at least one reply, and the overwhelming majority have several. Probably a third of the posts have several pages of replies.

And I also don't see how any post in any forum wouldn't eventually get "lost" unless you made it a sticky. Dude, if you just want to post stuff and have everyone focus on you and you only, just start a blog. This is a forum.

"I would be happy to speak with the forum administration if they're interested in learning effective methods of engaging new members, while curtailing spam."

As others have said, the type of spam we get here isn't ordinary bot spam. We have unregistered supplier coming in and that is most of what the 5-post rule is trying to limit. I've only been a member here for a bit over a week, and I've already seen such suppliers come in, and get removed. It's a very efficient way of doing things. I can't imagine how much more difficult it would be if they had to watch ALL of the forums for this stuff.

It's just 5 posts. I was up to 5 posts in a day, with the first thread I posted. It's not that hard.

You're not a special snowflake. If you didn't feel you could deal with the rules here, I don't really understand why you came here specifically to post that you didn't want to follow the rules, and then turn around and leave. What is the point of flouncing? From your picture, I'm assuming you're well out of high school. Why do you still feel a need to act that way?

 

[CaptJay]

lol if you want to contribute then do so - 5 posts commenting or just saying hello IS contributing. Its being sociable and part of a community, if thats too hard then perhaps forums are not for you and youd be happier with a blog.

 

[Dubs58]

Some folks are just too important to follow the rules everyone else can follow on one of the fastest growing sites on the internet.

Bye important person.

Why argue it folks? OP is a font of information and will soon have their own wildly successful site.

<Smiling and waving>

+1 on Why argue it folks?

Im already tired of watching noobs come in whining "this isnt for me" and 75 regulars trying to calm them down with "if you just give it one more try"..BS, let em' go! Ya'll are just too nice sometimes.
And before anyone says it..I am chill

 

[Lightgeoduck]

If you eatENOUGHhot dogs in under an hour you could win a prize

 

[muttSRT]

Softwarerevue...no offense, but even your chosen screen name sounds like spam

 

[the86d]

Even Open Source users and ninjas have wacked-out discussions here, I think I rambled off for about 45 minutes going back and forth one time.

Post are not hard to come by here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/outside/57094-less-douchey-terms.html

We would even have "Open Source Software Review" discussions with ya'.

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

You can also post questions in the Ask The Veterans forum. Beyond that I encourage new members to learn (e.g., by reading the articles in the ECF Library and sticky posts in this and other forums) and to share their early excitements, frustrations, and puzzlements with other new vapers.

Feel free to PM me with an answer to this question: What can a prospective or brand new vaper teach more seasoned ones?