Should a Newbie Post?

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Posted By: Joann

Paul,

Newbie status has nothing to do with it. I voiced that opinion right away - see upthread - for the exact reasons you mention. Peter characterized this as a question pertaining to newbie status and it is not.

If someone that is new starts posting and has decent questions, genuine input, whatever, this does not happen. If someone new comes in and starts splashing around and posting OT and monopolizing threads or whatever it is, that person will get called out.

If someone that has been around awhile started posting OT and monopolizing threads and telling posters what their posts meant and asking very peripheral hobby questions several times a day, that person too would eventually get called out. It may take awhile longer, but it would happen.

I don't see anything wrong with that, I don't really see it as people telling each other what they can and can't post, and I definitely don't see it as a newbie issue.

It's a community of people maintaining an equilibrium among themselves, just as most communities do.

Plus, he asked. Actually, he started a thread for the purpose of asking.

Joann

Oh - have to add the smiley: What is this, the secret Lichtman Net54 handshake now?? hee