little red riding hood Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 I have never understood the point of introductions in a forum. Real life I can understand, but a forum? Why would you bother reading this particular subforum unless you have waaay too much free time, or are excessively nosy? :hyper: Get back to work! Quote
Turtle Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 Why would you bother reading this particular subforum unless you have waaay too much free time, or are excessively nosy? :hyper: Get back to work!Duty compells us to read it the same as duty compells you to write it. It is better to read useless things, than to read nothing at all. :eek2: Quote
little red riding hood Posted July 5, 2006 Author Report Posted July 5, 2006 Hello Turtle! I logged in to make my obligatory post. I then went to the thread where I originally found this place. Wrote a pretty spiffy post (if I do say so myself) and then . . . it dumped me! And my post! The only thing I have left is this dangling modifer! Hmmmmmff! I've been treated better by a two bit wino in a backalley in North Carolina (The rumors about the President are simply NOT true.) Bye Turtle! May you have better luck with this crappy VBulletin v.4.0.0 wannabe than I. Quote
Jay-qu Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 that was odd.. so does that mean (s)hes not coming back :eek: Quote
Mercedes Benzene Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 Why did she go off like that?What was her post? I'm confused.:eek: Quote
CraigD Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 Welcome to hypography, LRRH!I have never understood the point of introductions in a forum. Real life I can understand, but a forum?The “post in ‘Introduction’ first” policy server 2 main functions:Like the semi-formality of introducing a newcomer at a social gathering, it promotes happy and harmonious future interaction. By posting this “smalltalk”, your member persona is more that of an actual human being than of a disembodied complex of opinions about the various science topics that are the heart of this siteIt prevents single-post “hit and run” spammers from cluttering the regular forums. Unfortunately, sites like hypography are viewed by many business folk as free advertising services. Fortunately, you don’t appear to be one of them. The closely related “10 posts before you can post a link” policy is even more effective in making this site less attractive to spammers.Why would you bother reading this particular subforum unless you have waaay too much free time, or are excessively nosy? :eek: Get back to work!I can’t argue with that! :D… I logged in to make my obligatory post. I then went to the thread where I originally found this place. Wrote a pretty spiffy post (if I do say so myself) and then . . . it dumped me! And my post! The only thing I have left is this dangling modifer! Hmmmmmff! I've been treated better by a two bit wino in a backalley in North Carolina (The rumors about the President are simply NOT true.) Bye Turtle! May you have better luck with this crappy VBulletin v.4.0.0 wannabe than I.Sorry to hear about that! (though, as a lowly moderator, not an administrator, I can plead it ain’t my fault!). I won’t ask how you happen to be such an authority on backalley NC wino behaviour. :wave: As with any browser-based app, it’s best to handle this site with care, lest you hard-won words be lost to the bit bucket forever. Personally, I do all my typing in the trusty, feature-rich editor of my current fancy, then quickly paste them into my browser and click “submit”, so any browser or host problems require at worst that I wait a while and try again. Quote
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