This thread has been a revelation to me!
Tea Granny [who I first encountered as not a fellow newbie - as she comes across as on this thread - but as "member of the month"] mentions alot of the points that I have had difficulty with when first trying to find my way about the site.
I realise that now I have been antogonistic to some of you who are perhaps dealing with problems that you know about but hav'n't had time to get to grips with.
To comment on a few specific issues [at risk of long post] I think it is a great idea that certain priviledges [by which I mean ink colours if I have read the relevant post right] are withheld from the invariable newbies [like me] who don't realise that a post can be readable without it appearing garish. {Thanx Awesome S}.
Great idea!
As to Jeff's idea of about moving a post to the correct forum without going into debate with the poster I think that this is spot on!
Now I am not agreeing with Jeff just because I have found out he is the boss but I know how difficult it is to know which forum to go to when unsure of yourself and joining a site for the first time jeff even appears to know himself from his dismissal of FAQs [arn't they annoying?!} ...
as to the welcoming newbies but adding gentle reminder I would wait until 4th or 5th post until I tried this...Not just Jeff but we all must know how daunting it can be to join a new site and how easy it is to make the decision that "this isn't the site for me!" based on the most harmless criticism or slightly harsh tone.
This isn't an exxaggeration, I have experienced it personally and I'm sure I'm not alone in experiencing this daunted feeling when riding the web for the first time and thinking of joining a site where yoyu are not sure hoew welcome yours words will be nor how you're knowledge will be assessed in terms of contribution or lack of, on thre site.
Sorry, I seem to have gone on for ages without saying much but I feel like I'm commenting for ever and I want to take a break now and come back to this...time to take the dog for a walk _ Neil!
