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Hi Shiri, John and whoever cares to read this,
"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> wrote in message
news:Go8n2u.Bzt@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Shiri Dori writes:
> > P.S. This is cross-posted to lugnet.people.newbie, because I hope • new people
> > will indeed be encouraged by your post to join in on the fun!
Yes. (That, is at least one was encouraged.)
> Wow. Now perhaps I missed it when I first joined, but I don't • recall ever
> being directed to .people.newbie. Not until Shiri's post (above) • which was
> in a highlighted front-page thread did I even realize .newbie • existed. I am
> not trying to gripe, only hinting that perhaps we should have a • direct link
> to the .newbie group right on the front page, so it is clear where • to start
> when you are new. There is a lot of good information about LUGNET • there
> (such as the intro posts from Larry). And it is a nice place to say • hello
> and welcome and such.
I agree very much. Being new myself I find myself confronted with a
large
collection of groups and have no idea where I 'belong', in what group
to
start posting. A .newbie group provides an obvious starting point.
Also, I like to sort of introduce myself before starting to join in
ongoing
conversations. I'd feel rude just bumping in, as if I was just
starting to
present my opinions when overhearing an interesting conversation in a
pub. If I wanted to join the talk, I would introduce myself, which can
be
as short as telling my name and saying 'hi'. Works the same way on
Internet for me.
Cheers, Twan.
--
Twanneman@planet.nl
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| Hi Twan, I totally know what you mean!! I also introduced myself on my first even post in lugnet, but there was no place to do so back then. I do think that the Newbie group should be more central and obvious to the newcomers (hear that, Dan? Jenn? (...) (23 years ago, 14-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people.newbie)
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| (...) Wow. Now perhaps I missed it when I first joined, but I don't recall ever being directed to .people.newbie. Not until Shiri's post (above) which was in a highlighted front-page thread did I even realize .newbie existed. I am not trying to (...) (23 years ago, 12-Dec-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people.newbie)
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