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

KittyeeTrix · 31-07-2010 01:22AM #1

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 · 31-07-2010 01:24AM

TL;DR

Snake Pliisken · 31-07-2010 01:26AM

When they start a God/weed thread.

Oh, and really shíte spelling.

KittyeeTrix · 31-07-2010 01:27AM

Kasabian wrote: »

TL;DR

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

FearDark · 31-07-2010 01:28AM

Newfags.... Newbies cant triforce.

Limerick_Lass · 31-07-2010 01:28AM

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

Kasabian · 31-07-2010 01:29AM

fluffyorganic1 wrote: »

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

Someone was going to do it

Mars Bar · 31-07-2010 01:29AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:30AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:31AM

Join date is where it's at!

Kasabian · 31-07-2010 01:33AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

The Lifer speaks , so it shall be.

KittyeeTrix · 31-07-2010 01:33AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

Haha, dinosaur!!!:p;)

Limerick_Lass · 31-07-2010 01:34AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Join date is where it's at!

At what time frame do you leave the newbie phase

KittyeeTrix · 31-07-2010 01:35AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:38AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:39AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:43AM

sixpack's little hat wrote: »

After 10 years.

Only 1 day left to go for me!

and only 665 posts?!

Sharpshooter · 31-07-2010 01:55AM

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 · 31-07-2010 01:56AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:05AM

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

ScareGilly · 31-07-2010 02:10AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:15AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:15AM

Prefer to be a newbie than a dinosaur

Quality not quantity

Sharpshooter · 31-07-2010 02:18AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:21AM

el judìo wrote: »

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

1998, feck me.

KittyeeTrix · 31-07-2010 02:21AM

Bugger......

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

Limerick_Lass · 31-07-2010 02:22AM

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

Hackysack · 31-07-2010 02:24AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:36AM

Hackysack wrote: »

It's cringeworthy.

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

minidazzler · 31-07-2010 02:40AM

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 · 31-07-2010 02:50AM

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...

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

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