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Re: What would you say to newer members of the CD community?
I'd probably tell the new members to wait a few days after they join to just poke around and look at the content of the forums, what threads go where, when to start a new thread, etc.
Like Morgan (MercuryRising) said, CD isn't like most other forums. You are on here representing yourself, your team, your sponsor(s), and FIRST. It has been said time and time again, and it is the one thing rookies should always remember: Think before you post!! EDIT: I'd also tell them that separate paragraphs are good. It makes everything so much easier to read instead of having one giant paragraph. Last edited by Alexa Stott : 01-06-2006 at 21:45. |
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Re: What would you say to newer members of the CD community?
#1 rule: DO NOT LET A NEGATIVE REP DRIVE YOU AWAY! If you mess up, guess what, it happens. I got a negative rep as my third rep. It's no big deal. Learn from it, PM them back and ask what you did wrong.
#2: Be respectful. A lot of the people on here are very, very intelligent people. They deserve respect for that. They also volunteer a lot of time to this program. They deserve it for that too. And a million other reasons that I will not list. If you care to debate a point they've made, do not name-call or insult. Make your point, back it up as solidly as you can and be done with it. #3: It's been said already but it's important to say it again. "What you say or do can and will be used against"(/for) your team in the future. If you come on here and represent yourself poorly, people will note what team you're from. It's going to happen, if you intend it to or not, even if you write a little disclaimer at the bottom. If you're a flaming jerk, people will think of your team as the flaming jerks. That is not a reputation that you want. #4: Don't be afraid to share your knowledge and opinions! We want you here! Promise! Every person in FIRST has something to share, something to contribute. Be it your extensive engineering knowledge, or your way with sponsors, your team includes you on the roster for a reason. Find your place and shine! |
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Re: What would you say to newer members of the CD community?
I was going to write "abandon hope all ye who enter here," but the rest of you are all serious and stuff. Furrfu.
(Bonus points for understanding "furrfu.") Seriously, you could do a lot worse than following the old Usenet posting guidelines: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/posting-rules/part1/. It's an amazing document from the kinder, gentler, smarter days of the Internet. |
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Re: What would you say to newer members of the CD community?
Watch and learn: Watch other posters on the forum over a few days and look at how they act by example. Its the way that I have learned within my first year on CD, and it has made it a lot easier for me.
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Re: What would you say to newer members of the CD community?
Some of the threads will get very long, like this one (almost 300 posts...):
Championship location from 07 and onwards Before you post to threads like this, take the time to read the other posts. If you're not planning to offer something new to the thread, don't post to it. If it's already been said, you're not contributing to the discussion. (I admit that in this thread, I refer to my own posts made earlier - a year earlier. I did that to illustrate that the thread was rehashing prior discussion). Maybe the reputation system can include a "signal-to-noise" meter for its members. A member with a gazillion posts and relatively few reputation points is what I'd consider a "noise source". Whereas a member with high rep points and relatively few posts, is generally contributing "signal" - messages that have something (i.e. insight, perspective, and/or solutions) to offer to the readers. A really simple metric would be reputation points divided by number of posts... |
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