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Sinuhe · 05-17-2005, 06:02 AM

Since you and Kopri are both new to the boards, I will give you some basic advice about nettiquette. No flame intended, honestly, just advice.

1. When new on a discussion board it is usually a good idea to lurk a bit first, to get a general idea about the nature of the frequent posters, before you jump into the fray taking side with any of them. Otherwise this will determine how you are regarded by most other posters for a longer time than you might have foreseen or wanted.

2. To 'shout over the Flames' usually just has the opposite effect, it adds to the spam, and consequently to the flames, because most posters, (except the obvious trolls), hate spam.

3. To have a private, fluffy conversation with another poster, (especially if the content of is is of little or no interest for a majority of the posters), there is a neat option called 'Your messenger' available. The link is on the top right of the page.

05-17-2005, 06:02 AM	#8
Sinuhe Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 55	Since you and Kopri are both new to the boards, I will give you some basic advice about nettiquette. No flame intended, honestly, just advice. 1. When new on a discussion board it is usually a good idea to lurk a bit first, to get a general idea about the nature of the frequent posters, before you jump into the fray taking side with any of them. Otherwise this will determine how you are regarded by most other posters for a longer time than you might have foreseen or wanted. 2. To 'shout over the Flames' usually just has the opposite effect, it adds to the spam, and consequently to the flames, because most posters, (except the obvious trolls), hate spam. 3. To have a private, fluffy conversation with another poster, (especially if the content of is is of little or no interest for a majority of the posters), there is a neat option called 'Your messenger' available. The link is on the top right of the page.