Newbie or not??? What decides.....

KittyeeTrix

Just wondering what constitutes a newbie to Boards??
Does it pertain to the number of posts you have or the amount of time elapsed since you joined???


Personally, I've only been on here since March 2009 but I don't consider myself a newbie........That said, I'm still learning new things every few days e.g. I read a thread the other day in Helpdesk or feedback and I had to google TL;DR:o


So, would I be a newbie based on my join date or post count or how is it determined in your point of view??

Kasabian

TL;DR

Snake Pliisken

When they start a God/weed thread.





Oh, and really shíte spelling.

KittyeeTrix

Kasabian wrote: »

TL;DR

Ah well, I suppose I set myself up nicely for that!!:D;)

FearDark

Newfags.... Newbies cant triforce.

Limerick_Lass

I joined only a month after you did but have alot less posts... so yes interesting query

Kasabian

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Ah well, I suppose I set myself up nicely for that!!:D;)

Someone was going to do it

Mars Bar

I was a member for about 2 years and had about 5 posts as I was looking for band members but left the account and the website after that but came back about 3 years ago, amazingly enough, I still remembered my user name!

It was all downhill after that!

So, for 2 years I was still a "newbie". So I reckon it's post count.

KittyeeTrix

Snake Pliisken wrote: »

When they start a God/weed thread.





Oh, and really shíte spelling.

See now.... You Snake Pliisken are excactly what I'm talking about. Your registered since 2005 but only 81 posts!!!
So, are you a newbie or not???? and who decides???

Edit: crap memory!!!!!!!

o1s1n

Join date is where it's at!

Kasabian

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

The Lifer speaks , so it shall be.

KittyeeTrix

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

Haha, dinosaur!!!:p;)

Limerick_Lass

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

At what time frame do you leave the newbie phase

KittyeeTrix

Limerick_Lass wrote: »

I joined only a month after you did but have alot less posts... so yes interesting query

I post a lot of cr*p in the soccer forum and BB thread hence my high post count:o tbf

Snake Pliisken

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

See now.... You Snake Pliisken are excactly what I'm talking about. Your registered since 2005 but only 81 posts!!!
So, are you a newbie or not???? and who decides???

Edit: crap memory!!!!!!!

Always lurked but didn't post that much until the last couple of weeks cause I like the irishness of it, used to be too pally and how's your father for me- been off the island a couple of months and got drawn in because im a soft soul.

sixpack's little hat

Limerick_Lass wrote: »

At what time frame do you leave the newbie phase

After 10 years.

Only 1 day left to go for me!

Mars Bar

sixpack's little hat wrote: »

After 10 years.

Only 1 day left to go for me!

and only 665 posts?!

Sharpshooter

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

I post a lot of cr*p in the soccer forum and BB thread hence my high post count tbf

Ya gotta love BB though.:pac:

KittyeeTrix

Sharpshooter wrote: »

Ya gotta love BB though.:pac:

Oh yeah.........Love it to bits!!!!!! altho' I do have some crappy posts:D

Totally didn't mean they were cr*p places to post in!!!! but I've been known to be a crappy poster!!!!!:eek:;)

Gone West

anything less than 5-6 years, you're still a newbie

ScareGilly

Well if I'd been reading boards for about 4 years, but was only arsed to make an account recently... :rolleyes:

Guess that makes me a newbie

Mars Bar

I can usually tell a new user by their need to impress using the :rolleyes: emoticon...

I hate that emoticon!

EDIT: Not aimed at ScareGilly above me. Sorry if you thought it was!

Limerick_Lass

Prefer to be a newbie than a dinosaur

Quality not quantity

Sharpshooter

ScareGilly wrote: »

Well if I'd been reading boards for about 4 years, but was only arsed to make an account recently... :rolleyes:

Guess that makes me a newbie

Nothing wrong with being a newbie.:pac:

<.<

>.>

Super-Rush

el judìo wrote: »

anything less than 5-6 years, you're still a newbie

1998, feck me.

KittyeeTrix

Bugger......


I'm still not sure if I'm officially a newbie or not!!!:eek:

Limerick_Lass

What do you want to be? And you can be that

Hackysack

Regardless, the thing that pisses me off the most is when people actually take the phrase and use it in real life.

I know a couple of people (unfortunately) who would actually call people "newbs" in real life.

It's cringeworthy.

Gone West

Hackysack wrote: »

It's cringeworthy.

cringe.
whenever I hear somebody say that word I "cringe"
:pac::pac:

minidazzler

Hackysack wrote: »

Regardless, the thing that pisses me off the most is when people actually take the phrase and use it in real life.

I know a couple of people (unfortunately) who would actually call people "newbs" in real life.

It's cringeworthy.

It only pisses you off because you are a newb.

That said, I don't read the posts of anyone with less than 1200 or with a join date of closer than 10 January 2009, the day Boxxy was truely discovered!

NoHornJan

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

Just wondering what constitutes a newbie to Boards??
Does it pertain to the number of posts you have or the amount of time elapsed since you joined???


Personally, I've only been on here since March 2009 but I don't consider myself a newbie........That said, I'm still learning new things every few days e.g. I read a thread the other day in Helpdesk or feedback and I had to google TL;DR:o


So, would I be a newbie based on my join date or post count or how is it determined in your point of view??

If there wasn't NEWBIES There would never be OLDBIES...

IM0

hooo staaaes 0 gooooes, youu decyyyyde

I actually HATE BB..go figure!

starbelgrade

What the hell is BB?

we'llallhavetea_old

starbelgrade wrote: »

What the hell is BB?

big brother.

wyndham

n00bs

Hank_Jones

FearDark wrote: »

Newfags.... Newbies cant triforce.

We get it, you like 4chan.

Please, stop referring to it...

antodeco

I'm ok for join date and post counts. I have a big ePenis too

WindSock

It means nothing, people re reg all the time. You've just got to take posts as they are sometimes.

antodeco

Oh my god. Everyone in this forum is very mean. I was only asking for help...


/newbie

Gillington

WindSock wrote: »

It means nothing, people re reg all the time. You've just got to take posts as they are sometimes.

Yeah,the way people go on about and attack newbies sometimes,as if they are newbies to the whole phenomenon of the internet let alone boards,is sad.

We were all newbies once!

genericguy

FearDark wrote: »

Newfags.... Newbies cant triforce.

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genericguy

genericguy wrote: »

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triforce doesn't work here!!!

Terry

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tman

You still think Tar is a girl...

JayEnnis

el judìo wrote: »

anything less than 5-6 years, you're still a newbie

When you joined boards I was going into senior infants.

I'm 18 now haha.

liah

I've only had my account since Sept. '08, but I don't consider myself a newbie.

It's not so much about join date or post count as much as understanding of how the forum works that dictates whether or not you're a noob.

At least, in my opinion..

CrazyRabbit

Everyone is a newbie until they make at least 4,307 posts.

strokemyclover

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Everyone is a newbie until they make at least 4,307 posts.

Degree is in the post

Funkfield

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

Join 2002

299 posts (as of this one)

Not the oldest here, but maybe the least active............

_JOE_

liah wrote: »

I've only had my account since Sept. '08, but I don't consider myself a newbie.

It's not so much about join date or post count as much as understanding of how the forum works that dictates whether or not you're a noob.

At least, in my opinion..

Exactly.

I've been on forums for many years before boards; just because i've a low post count, doesn't mean i don't read boards every day or that i've a lesser understanding of the forum than someone who rattles off random posts to up their post count...

Experience with vBulletin or other forums = the key.

VinnyTGM

The join date would dictate whether your a newbie or not, post counts aren't that important.