the new members area is the best place to hangout anyway. its where all the kool kids forum.
but yeh, you cant blatantly spam to be able to post outside the new members area.
1. Because that'd allow spammers direct access to the rest of our forum for their diabolical spammapaloozas.
2. Because New members should make at least 5 posts in the new members area b4 venturing out to the forum.
3. Create threads: intro thread, picture of what you currently have as a set-up thread, ask all your questions thread, ETC.
4. Participate in conversations already happening in the nooby forum. I do, and I've been here since ECF was first created.
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