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Originally Posted by AmyPrib
Call me crazy, but I feel it's a little silly to be giving bad rep for someone who re-posts, or didn't use the "search" feature, but sounds like it's happening a lot...I don't think that's deserving of neg rep, actually I rarely find something that is truly deserving of bad rep. Yes it's frustrating for the rest of us to wade through those posts, but hopefully mods can delete, or close redundant threads, in addition to everyone helping the newbies find their way.
We can always hope that the newbies will read for a while and learn all they need to before they start posting - but this isn't an ideal world. So, we can post those sticky's for reminders, we can PM them individually with a positive encouragement to do something different, or we can post a nice message in reply to their redundant threads, but I think it's unnecessary to give neg rep. We don't want them to leave all together, so we shouldn't be adding to their worries about being yelled at.
Even when the newbies post "over the line" sarcasm, and "ignorant" comments, I don't give neg rep. I PM them with the suggestion that, while they may not mean harm or offense, they should think about how their post will sound and possibly affect others and to consider lightening up. Until the community gets to know them, sarcasm or those types of comments can be offensive and found "jerky", and people that join CD typically are not like that on purpose, so they need to be given a few chances. Hopefully they will heed the advice and learn proper "etiquette" as time passes, as they usually do. I've seen a few that started off really rocky, but have shaped up a bit soon after.
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