Be more friendly to new members.

mike197601 (2768) ranked 284 out of 32,377 in mylot.com

6 months ago

I have come across a few discussions posted by very new members which are more or less their first attempt at posting a discussion.

A couple of them were breaking the rules in various ways. When I looked at the tags they said things like 'reported' or 'violation' and it did annoy me a little because both discussions had no responses.

A member has taken the time to tag a discussion and report it. Why not leave a brief explanation of the guidelines or a link to them if you are able to post links.

That would be more friendly than reporting someone who may be completely put off the site after their first discussion gets deleted. Couldn't we take the time to help new members and show them that this is a friendly site and well worth being a member of?

Reporting things that break the rules is one thing but surely discretion is called for in certain cases?

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skyhss (424) ranked 3,850 out of 32,377 in mylot.com

5 months ago

i'm a new member and am kinda afraid to start any discussions because i don't know what to talk about. and after reading your discussion i don't want anybody reporting me. i read through the guidelines and understand all of that. any advice on how to get started?

mike197601 (2768) ranked 284 out of 32,377 in mylot.com

5 months ago

Reading the guidelines was a good start thumbup

I would say you shouldn't worry about starting a discussion as the response you made here is absolutely fine so just carry on!!

Think of a subject which interests you and just write it as a discussion with plenty of scope for people to respond with opinions or answers to questions.

The best advice is just keep personal conflict away from discussions as that leads to members falling out which is no fun.

Respond/comment in a constructive and reasoned way with a good basis for whatever point you are making.

However someone responds/comments on anything you post avoid being confrontational.....there are ways of completely disagreeing with someone without resorting to bad language or personal attacks.
No matter what,don't respond to nastiness with more nastiness.
Make constructive comments or just don't comment is my personal way of doing things and I haven't fallen out with anyone yet happy

skyhss (424) ranked 3,850 out of 32,377 in mylot.com	5 months ago
wow, thanks, you give really good advice. i'll start thinking.

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