exatly what is a newbie?

[amelia]

when i read through some of the posts that talk about newbies..i wonder..am i a newbie..? and when do i become a non-newbie?

i'm asking that the older more experienced members of the board fill me in on what makes a poster a newbie


curiously yours,

Amelia

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Two intelligent posts in and you're no longer a newbie (unless you have a number in your name, then you're always a newbie).

 

[lobito]

Two intelligent posts in and you're no longer a newbie.

based on that, I'll be a newbie forever.

 

[Ishmael]

So there ya are Amelia, only one more to go.

Ishmael

 

[Guest]

Me too

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

No, you get minus points for thinking Yayati is a fun date.

 

[amelia]

So there ya are Amelia, only one more to go.

Ishmael

hardee har har

by the way..are women still fucking disqusting?

 

[Ishmael]

hardee har har

by the way..are women still fucking disqusting?

Hey, you get 1/2 point for that alone. I forgot that I have update my rant thread about the "Ovarian Society".

Ishmael

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by DCL
No, you get minus points for thinking Yayati is a fun date.

So... What's the title below Newbie?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

AOL Member.

 

[Sillyman]

Basically it works just like in Hell, you are a newbie regardless of posts until one of the old gaurd decides they need a new plaything and sponsor you. From there you pretty much either sink or swim. If you are entertaining enough, eventually you become a fixture at Lit and people care what you think. If not, then you will be shit on for anything you post, even something as innocent as "I like bagels", until you leave the board. Up until that time, you will be ignored and dismissed no matter what you happen to post. Thus, the social dynamics of Lit. Feh.

 

[nasty]

So there ya are Amelia, only one more to go.

Ishmael

Try 2 more. Just joking, babycakes. All your posts have been intelligent, so far. But, not THAT intelligent. That's just not fun.

 

[amelia]

Basically it works just like in Hell

you're my hero

 

[amelia]

Try 2 more. Just joking, babycakes. All your posts have been intelligent, so far. But, not THAT intelligent. That's just not fun.

just what i've always wanted to be...

not THAT intelligent

how's tricks?

 

[RawHumor]

I think you should get bonus points just for having a cool sig, Amelia, but I'm not in the Lit-ocracy so I don't get a vote.

 

[Dillinger]

Some people used to think that number of posts defined the difference between a "newbie" and an "old timer" - but I've seen people rack up hundreds of posts in just a couple days.

So I guess the amount of time you've spent here is perhaps a defining quality. There is no doubt that someone here less than a week is a "newbie" and someone here over a year is an "old timer" - where exactly one crosses the line is hard to say. I've even seen some people refer to themselves as "in-between" or middle-timers.

To lots of people I'm an "old timer" but when I got here two years ago Dixon and Xander and a number of others were "old timer's to me. So its also a relative concept.

And just because someone is a "newbie" here at lit doesn't necessarily mean they're a newbie to the net or to discussion/chat sites in general. Many people here have a history at other sites as well.

And - most important. Its not quantity of posts or days here that defines a person. Its the quality of what they have to say. Hence the wisdom behind DCL's first response to this thread

"Two intelligent posts in and you're no longer a newbie (unless you have a number in your name, then you're always a newbie).

You might want to check this thread out - for "newbies" AND "old timers"

http://www.literotica.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30992

 

[nasty]

not THAT intelligent

You know what I mean. Tricks are fun. I have a trick, "The disappearting Penis." You figure it out.

 

[Wiggles]

Basically it works just like in Hell, you are a newbie regardless of posts until one of the old gaurd decides they need a new plaything and sponsor you. From there you pretty much either sink or swim. If you are entertaining enough, eventually you become a fixture at Lit and people care what you think. If not, then you will be shit on for anything you post, even something as innocent as "I like bagels", until you leave the board. Up until that time, you will be ignored and dismissed no matter what you happen to post. Thus, the social dynamics of Lit. Feh.

Sillyman, you're giving us litizens way too much credit. We don't have enough of an attention span to keep that sort of thing going.

I would have to say that after a month or so, anyone newer than you is a newbie. And therefore invisible! >:0)

 

[Guest]

Originally posted by DCL
AOL Member.

I'm worse. I'm not even an AOL member.
I'll be back when I get the membership.

 

[sexy-girl]

perhaps you arent a newbie when a newbie starts thinking of you as an old timer ?


i still considor myself a newbie soooooo

 

[nasty]

[Bi still considor myself a newbie soooooo [/B]

Where the fuck is my PM?

 

[missy2]

Two intelligent posts in and you're no longer a newbie (unless you have a number in your name, then you're always a newbie).

Damned to eternal newbiness--if I'd only read the by-laws before registering.Where's my bottle?

 

[nasty]

when i read through some of the posts that talk about newbies..i wonder..am i a newbie..? and when do i become a non-newbie?

i'm asking that the older more experienced members of the board fill me in on what makes a poster a newbie


curiously yours,

Amelia

You're a newbie until you have sweaty sex with a board member.

 

[cymbidia]

We've discussed this question over and over and over. Many think, as sexy-girl said, that one is a newbie until one decides that's no longer so.

Some people are always gonna be newbies while others were never newbies at all. Others just don't give a flying fuck one way or the other about that particular designator.

Personally, i think that when you're comfy here, when you get a few of the jokes and off-hand refs that pop up in post after post, when you know a bit of the history, when you think oh geezus! not THAT again! to yourself as you scan page 1, and when you have friends here - THEN you're no longer a newbie.

Find your place and claim it: then you're no longer a newbie. Takes some people longer. Some never manage it. A few do. After awhile, you'll watch the newbies drift in and make bets with yourself about who will stick it out and who will be gone after 59 or 121 or 387 posts.

 

[lobito]

I feel like a newbie when someone who's been here less than half the time I have, has almost as many or more posts as I have. And I thought I had a lot of time on my hands.