Show newbies some love, Bedgers!!

If you have nothing good to say, then don’t say anything. I agree with you.

Newbies should lurk a little bit and see what the environment here is like before posting. Worked for me.

I haven’t had any problems, as I havn’t posted much. Just a thought on some posts I have seen.

and I’ve been lurking for awhile now too. I almost wrote a fanpost today but then chickened out. All in due time though…

I’ve only been a member for about 5 months. It’s a great site, but there are a few elitists that seem to be more interested in slamming people with the rules and correcting grammar than allowing the free flow of discussion. There are a lot of new members joining this site, and they don’t know what has been blogged about, and what has not. If someone blogs about a subject that has been beaten like a dead horse, I just don’t bother reading it. I don’t slam them or make fun of them. There are plenty of other posts to read……

anyone who wasn’t a member before the SBN overhaul?
is it a minimum number of comments?
is it something intangible like notoriety around BE?

I’m interested….

I haven’t been here all that long myself and I got a very warm welcome so I want to extend the same to you. Glad you’re here. It’s a great bunch of people with some strong opinions… which make for some very interesting convos. Enjoy!

I have a few in my closet. Single-breasted, double-breasted, linen, tweeds… my favorites are tweed with elbow patches, for that professoral look; camel-hair — so soft! — and of course the classic blue wool blazer. What kind do you guys like?

I didn’t start posting until I’d read the site for a couple of weeks.

Durant is a wuss!

It can definitely be intimidating to post on here so that’s why I just lurked for a while, got an idea of the level of content being posted, and finally started contributing to some posts. I have yet to write my first fanpost. In reality, it’s not because I think I’ll get ridiculed, it’s because most of my ideas have already been covered. And I’m okay with that.

I read the O-live forums for a while before I learned about BEdge. The community here surpasses any others because of the self-policing nature of the community. Self-policing can get carried away at times, but it’s also because of this aspect that the community produces such high-quality content.

I heart BEdge.

and I would like someone to show me love

seriously thou,
if u are new, don’t post anything about any stabbings,
for the sake of sensationalism…

Jest kidding: well done. If you think a post is rehashing a tired topic, you can just ignore it and click on the one below.

I think it’s fair to point out that what’s older than dirt for a lot of us is also going to be new for people just arriving. It’s a good point and something that can be tough to remember when it’s so frequent.

There are printed rules somewhere. I know there are because I think I glanced at them once and I’m pretty sure dave told me so. Basically the heart of all rules are to keep the conversation fresh, interesting, open, friendly, and good.

That said, there are a lot of double posts that I see just glancing at titles and some posted within just hours of each other. This leads to me skipping a vast majority of user posts I don’t recognize because it’s most likely a topic that has been discussed multiple times and it’s a post that doesn’t add anything new. It’s more a “hey, I exist! Aren’t i the shiny one with my new post!!! Oh yeah, and aren’t the blazers sucking/doing great? Let’s trade someone! OMG Oden vs Durant… YAY We need a PG/SF/C/PF!!!”

People can exist in comments without doing that. Post should have something unique to add or breaking news.

I think you expressed, pretty well, the frustration of the vets of the site. And it is a problem with the new members, that they don’t know the rules. There are going to be people who attempt to educate. Some will do it better than others. Without that education people won’t know. Consider it a rookie season and you played one way in college but now need to fit in with the new team and thus alter your playing style to fit.

I think respectfully calling people out is a good thing, just like you called some people out yourself here.

Welcome aboard!

We’ve all posted some weak sauce and had to be tormented.

The hazing is part of the rite of passage to this fraternity… it’s a tradition.

I have no idea what I’m talking about. Please ignore and move on.

I’ve been a, literally, daily reader for two plus years and just signed up tonight. The game and “the foul” got me.
Actually, at this point it was beginning to feel more like stalking. I feel I know everyone here I’ve never met.