It's time for a posting refresher course (Welcome Newbies)

Admin Moderator | October 27, 2003 | Admin Moderator

[Syncro]

Well, the add topic thingie doesn't work, so the cheeze thingies will be crushed...but think of it as ABC...

[Admin Moderator]

I love it! hahaha, thanks, that's a keeper.
check our page

[Jim Robinson]

Hey, there's a bug on page 65,239.

[Jen]

Hehehehehe

There's an even better one that I found a long time ago but I don't remember where it is. If I find it, I'll ping you.

[Jen]

65,239

OMG! Slow night? No trolls to ZOT? ;-)

[viaveritasvita]

Read-later bump

[Admin Moderator]

That's a tough call since this topic is so heated, as you must know. I'd probably start with a ping list. Maybe say on the thread, 'I'm starting a ping list on the Schiavo threads, if you'd like to be on this list, let me know. Likewise, I might be freepmailing you with discussion points. Again, let me know if you'd like to receive these mails. If you want off this list, let me know'

If you do something like that, upfront, you can get a list of people willing to be added. It's important you respect the wishes of posters, and if they ask to be removed from your lists, you should respectfully remove them. I know from personal experience, a person can just be on too many ping lists, and it really can clog your 'my comments' page. It's important to work with everyone. If you're friendly with certain posters, it shouldn't be a problem freepmailing them.

[hellinahandcart]

We're also not allowed to post full text from the Onion or anything from Conde Nast. That's a recent development.

Not that much from Conde Nast would make it here anyway.

[Admin Moderator]

Please do. As you can tell, we do have a sense of humor.

[putupon]

Breaking News - Not every story is breaking news. Breaking news should be news that affects most of us. There are some exceptions.

A perfect example of an "exception" would be when putupon post his opinion, which is always profound enough to be conidered Breaking News.

[DefCon]

oh yes it does

[Admin Moderator]

Exactly!

[Admin Moderator]

You found it too?

[Admin Moderator]

Thursdays seem to be a big troll day, go figure.

[Admin Moderator]

If you still have the mail in question, can you forward it to my freepmail account? This discussion should probably be handled off thread. I can dig into our records, etc.

[Unknown Freeper]

Can you please please please do something about people who post a thread without searching. It takes nothing to search. Yet sometimes, we see the same thing posted three or four times. (I know you Mods do well with purging the dups but it is annoying to see them.)

Also, some people should be zotted/restricted/strung up for abusing the Breaking News sidebar. Putting non-breaking news in Breaking News causes real stories to be moved down the list (leading to duplicates of stories in breaking news which is sooooo annoying.)

[Jim Robinson]

Clue: If your FReepmail is a personal attack, or is abusive, insulting or profane, then it is unwanted.

[humblegunner]

putupon (The most humble of all FReepers, p (no /sarcasm required).)

Hmmph!