But no, I'm serious. I don't have time to count, but I think posts in some of those old standby forums have thinned out since. IMHO we shouldn't have a subforum for newbies like this, especially since the most positive and inspiring stuff is all in there. A scan of "headline" content lately (roughly, as it bumps around...) goes:
Sticky:Warrenty
Sticky: Juice Swap
sticky: Newbies
Sticky: A Poll
Sticky:Chat
Sticky: Stock update
Then:
How Many Cartos a day?
Tester Mixing
I am smoking again
I am overdosing
"The hernia effect"
Contest
Does nicotine make things dirty?
Brand names are confusing
I like Lager
You can spin or not
vaping doesn't work for me
Why is it so hard to quit smoking even with vapes?
Flavor review
Transferring juice from one cart to another
Tobacco flavors
etc.
These are all fine threads, but you know, mostly sort of incidental, and not inspiring, and actually misleading and unbalanced as many of the woot woot! stories (and previously fun digressions) are largely landing in the newbie subforums, which doesn't somehow do the spirit and content of the forum justice, especially to anyone just stopping in. Or to a newbie who also doesn't wander around in links and subforums much. And know I tend not to ramble into that newbie sticky, especially if busy, and forget that there might be a neat story, etc. My eye is just caught by the overdosing guy or an arcane double-carto idea or something.
Here's how I would do it, or something like, stickies in bold:
Sticky:
Warranty
Sticky:
Welcome to Vapor King, A Users Guide
Sticky
Welcome to the Forum, Things to Do
subforums:
Get a VrL Signature
Chat
Post your Pic
subforum: The Team
subforum: Us
Sticky:
So What's Your Story? (It's this section, I think, that really inspires new users, and us all.)
Sticky:
Seriously! Why we love it. (Ditto)
Sticky:
Stock Updates
Sticky
Refilling/Topping Carts, tricks and tips
Sticky:
Swap carts and juices
It's not making sense now - some of the highlighted threads in "newbies" are already stickies and useful to all, and the most important threads for general mood update and uplift and only in there... eh. That's 7 stickies instead of 6, by the way. I'm running off to work and may have forgotten something and should probly post this somewhere else but it's got too confused to know where at this point, grumble...