good batch of n00bs latley

where are they coming from?

japan

oklahoma


that zengum..... sandbaggin.. somethin.

I agree that the quality of newbie lately has been pretty high (except for that one who thinks it's ok not to immunise).

It's great to see peeps fitting in so easily and so quickly.

Jimbo, it must be because you haven't been around so much to scare them off...

I liked vivant just fine. you dont agree with her personal philosophy, so she's a bad noob? thats kind of weak. she seems well thought out and polite enough.

I'm assuming that Ali was joking?

It may be because we're getting dugg these days instead of farked.

[asinine] BBS Sysop dares to suggest Farkers don't know how to behave. Everybody get your pitchforks and torches.

Hey it was just yesterday that I told my cow orkers that I was more proud of my four-digit Fark id number, than I was of my 3-digit Slashdot id number.

and fark is...?

fark.com, a news aggregator where people formulate wise-ass headlines for news links. A great place for short attention spans, a poor place for community, but they have generated many internet memes.

[size=1]added to the spell check dictionary: fark, aggregator, memes[/size]

ok, and dugg?

digg {dot} com -- another aggregator

ah, gotcha.

Well you're one of the quality and still relatively N00bish, quee, where did you come from?

SteveDallas;393970 wrote:

[asinine] BBS Sysop dares to suggest Farkers don't know how to behave. Everybody get your pitchforks and torches.

Shouldn't that should be pitchfarks?

Undertoad;393971 wrote:

Hey it was just yesterday that I told my cow orkers that I was more proud of my four-digit Fark id number, than I was of my 3-digit Slashdot id number.

Never let anyone else ork your cows, Undertoad. Do it yourself, and make sure it is done right.

I am quietly optimistic. Although smilies in sig lines should be discouraged [/oldfart]

Aw :(

I came here looking for something totally different, it was a complete mistake. I usually read boingboing.net rather than digg or any of the others.

Well, something different is certainly what you have here.

as opposed to the "old" batch of noobs, which sucked?

:( -- former Noob

How long ago could you have joined and still be considered a n00b?

well, there was a lot of discussion before about how the noobs suck, and the Cellar was going to hell in that little ol' basket, and . . .

but we did get some good ones recently, I agree

Cloud;394166 wrote:

as opposed to the "old" batch of noobs, which sucked?

:( -- former Noob

calling the waaaahmbulance for ya.....hold on.......


here it comes

Cloud;394166 wrote:

as opposed to the "old" batch of noobs, which sucked?

:( -- former Noob

Why are you boasting cloud? We already like you.

lumberjim;393960 wrote:

I liked vivant just fine. you dont agree with her personal philosophy, so she's a bad noob? thats kind of weak. she seems well thought out and polite enough.

Yep. Joking. I must have forgotten to use a little laughing face, or maybe it was just you not getting my jokes...again.

waaaaaaaaaaah!

I hate ambewlances!

(puts thinking cap on)

Ackshully, never have rode in 1. Guess I'm a good ducker!

Agreed, muy funniez and artikul8 peeps.

Mockingbird and ZenGum both said they were searching for something a little odd. So was I when I found this place (and I believe I am equally awesome ...:p). Perhaps it's nuffink to do with being dugg or farked and everything to do with our somewhat unusual repertoire of topics? I believe I was searching for knitted genetalia.... Vivant, how did you get here?

theotherguy;394169 wrote:

How long ago could you have joined and still be considered a n00b?

I signed on in 1991.

Bruce, wolf, and UT still exclude me by making inside jokes about stuff that happened before I got here. :headshake :sniff:

i thought bruce was a noob relative you other 3?

Undertoad;394017 wrote:

Well you're one of the quality and still relatively N00bish, quee, where did you come from?

Just found some IotD things I liked and poked into the forums. I lurked for a while before joining.

theotherguy;394169 wrote:

How long ago could you have joined and still be considered a n00b?

I have seen a few first posts, and I was tempted to welcome them, but it felt weird. I'm too N00by.
I'm wondering, when does one cease to be a n00b? Is it by post count? Threads started? Calendar-measured presence? Or some less quantifiable measure of being vaguely known to the general gang?

Sorry, but n00b always makes me think of :ggw:

Hm...interesting concept...by post count you're going to surpass me in becoming non-noob...in time served on the cellar, I'm winning so far...in presence...well I'm better known in gabbly than on the board...and I've only started two threads....

Innnnnnteresting (could've sworn we had a chin-scratching smiley)

n00b fight! Battle to the death!...

:smashfrea

:apistola: :magnum:




:corn:

Oh...I um...didn't mean to pick a fight...I just thought his post raised some interesting questions on what made you non-noob...sorry

carry on.

But we wants n00b fights.... :(

(and sorry, but yer sig is damned irritating [/anotheroldfart])

geez...now who's being mean to newbies?

oops, forgot the ;)


:rolleyes:

s'alright you big meanie...I've already changed it

*runs off crying*:bawling:


[SIZE="1"]how's that for nooby post? have I met newb criteria? whining? taking everything said by older poster literally?[/SIZE]

well you just can't afford to forget those smilies otherwise no one knows when you're joking. cept Dana of course. DanaC knows everything.

Razzmatazz13;394548 wrote:

s'alright you big meanie...I've already changed it

*runs off crying*:bawling:


[SIZE="1"]how's that for nooby post? have I met newb criteria? whining? taking everything said by older poster literally?[/SIZE]

Oh.my.god.

Monster will tear you a new....errr.....arsehole for saying she's old!!!!!

ZenGum;394330 wrote:

I'm wondering, when does one cease to be a n00b? Is it by post count? Threads started? Calendar-measured presence? Or some less quantifiable measure of being vaguely known to the general gang?

That's a very interesting question. Post counts don't mean a lot here. There are some posters who've been around since 2002 and have about 200 posts - but if they've made them count then they are known, and are welcomed back when we haven't seen them in a while.

Threads started get your name noticed, but unless they are quality threads, there is no guarantee of becoming anything more than the annoying noob cluttering up the board. Tough crowd :)

The length of time served doesn't seem to affect noob-status an awful lot either. Some people feel like they've been here longer than their join date suggests - they just fit and that's it.

So I take option number 4 - being known and liked by a number of posters already here. We're a diverse board, so you don't have to appeal to everyone. And sometimes if noobs are given the cold shoulder by even one Dwellar they feel they have failed - but it's not true (honest). That is solely my opinion of course YMMV.

I still feel like a noob here myself sometimes. I feel like the newly arrived girlfriend in a long established social group. Still liable to blurt out something embarrassing because I feel I've been accepted, but taking it one step too far. Still - it's only been two years, and my closest friends in real life I've had for over 20 after all. Maybe in 20 years I'll still be here, talking about my knee operation rather than my Dad's but still having problems with my weight, my finances and my lovelife. Damn, I wish I hadn't thought that...

monster;394494 wrote:

n00b fight! Battle to the death!...

:smashfrea

:apistola: :magnum:




:corn:

That's it!!! That's how Razzmatazz got the bruises! (see bruises thread) It was ME! bahahahaa.

Cor, sorry about that mate. Didn't mean to scratch. Lets do it again sometime, only not so rough ??? ;)

DucksNuts;394597 wrote:

Oh.my.god.

Monster will tear you a new....errr.....arsehole for saying she's old!!!!!

Nah, tis true..... I'm old enough to be her mother :eek:

razz, go clean your room, and take that smirk off your signature! :p

I remember back when I was a noob some old fart told me they didn't like my signature. I'd mention names, but it hardly seems worth it.

I still sometimes feel like a newbie too. I think it's because there are some big meanies who post here who make me feel inadequate. :alien:

Sorry Ali you are still a newbie. 4 whole months after me - I'm surprised you dare post!

In truth, you & monster are (to me) examples of not-as-old-as-I-thought posters. Thought you'd both been around longer & was surprised by the stats. RK is another.

I've made my sig so annoying at times that i've had to punch myself in the mouth for it.

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[SIZE=3][COLOR=#f4a460]all over.[/COLOR][/SIZE]
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[COLOR=navy]And if you think about how many posts i have, it was really a pain in the ass.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000080]I only left it up for a few hours, but i nearly ruined the cellar entirely.[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000080]Then there was a person who only posted in this color...all the time...[/COLOR]

haha...I'm surprised at some of the shit I post sometimes and i can fully understand why some would choose not to read it. lol

i thought you'd been here way longer than me. I don't look at people's 'stats' very much.

Only the newbies these days. :alien:

Hey [SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"]LJ
[/COLOR][/SIZE]Didn't realise you were [COLOR="Purple"][SIZE="6"]here
[/SIZE][/COLOR]Come off HIDING and respond to [SIZE="6"][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]some of my posts[/COLOR][/SIZE][COLOR="DarkGreen"]or get into Gabbly[/COLOR][SIZE="7"][COLOR="DarkRed"]you bum[/COLOR][/SIZE]

Don't talk to him SG. He'll think you're obsessed. ;)

I am obsessed.
LJ knows it and Jinx turns a blind eye (it helps that I would like to meet her too, and am obv no threat!)

It's mostly a joke, but in real life LJ does fit my criteria for a crush...

OMG! Say it isn't so!!!

Aliantha;394734 wrote:

who make me feel inadequate. :alien:

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]No-one can make you feel inadequate without your permission! [/COLOR] :p Anyway, wasn't me -I joined a few months earlier then buggered off again until about a year ago!

Ima noob. And that's ok. I have absolutely no problem popping in and babbling about nothing important, should I feel the urge. Like now. :D

lumberjim;394739 wrote:

[COLOR=#000080]I only left it up for a few hours, but i nearly ruined the cellar entirely.[/COLOR]

Don't flatter yourself, buddy. :)

sycamore;394998 wrote:

Don't flatter yourself, buddy. :)

ok, thanks for schoolin' me.

Sundae Girl;394747 wrote:

I am obsessed.
LJ knows it and Jinx turns a blind eye (it helps that I would like to meet her too, and am obv no threat!)

I've just grown used to it over the years SG, women throw themselves at Jim near constantly.
Ali thinks she's being sly, but I'm onto her too...

jinx;395029 wrote:

women throw themselves at Jim near constantly

You've never had second thoughts when he came home and said he "closed a deal" at work? :angel:

He's gotta pay the bills somehow Steve...

How much money do you think Jim has cost his dealerships with his whoring over the years?

Is that a legitimate business expense then?
Blimey, I want to go into that line of work...

sycamore;395120 wrote:

How much money do you think Jim has cost his dealerships with his whoring over the years?

like.....discounting a car for sexual favors, you mean? a quick Bj under my desk to save a lady $20 a month? yeah, that happens at least once a week. must be up in the millions by now. in fact, my dick is sore from all the women pulling on it to save money on their Altimas.

Hey, those new Altima coupes are sharp. And that Rogue could be a big hit.

altima coupe, yes. i think the rogue is ugly. like a smaller murano, but uglier.

lumberjim;395128 wrote:

like.....discounting a car for sexual favors, you mean? a quick Bj under my desk to save a lady $20 a month? yeah, that happens at least once a week. must be up in the millions by now. in fact, my dick is sore from all the women pulling on it to save money on their Altimas.

And you practically kept Chrysler alive during those lean years.

i'm driving a Sentra SER spec-V at present. 200 hp, 6 speed pocket rocket.

Ooooh! Nice!

OK, I'm totally obsessed with Jimbo. If I could change my husband into Jimbo somehow I'd be so happy. Words cannot describe how I long for him.

How's that? Everyone happy?

Now, can we move on from here? Pleeeeeeaaaase! :alien:

::drags his cock around the room::

yeah....ok..

The grill is funky on the rogue...not enough definition or something? the sentra is nice.

I love the Murano...but then I fell in love with the Mazda CX-7 luxury.

Just sold one to a friend and its lovely.

Mazda's done a great job of revitalizing their line. I love the RX-8, though it's probably uncomfortable as fuck for a big guy like me.

This isn't another clique thread, is it?

sycamore;395138 wrote:

And you practically kept Chrysler alive during those lean years.

You know it wasn't a coincidence that Daimler started looking to sell Chrysler after Jim left.

This seems to be happening again. Maybe it's an end-of-summer thing.

what, Jim dragging his cock?

I like it! We had a long period of just us, now it's time to shake things up a little.

It seems like we are getting a better class of n00b as well.

I'm not sure at all, but I think we lost a lot of noob visits when Google decided that they would serve up just the image in Google image search, and not the page containing the image. This also has led to a lack of much ad money at all coming in via the Image of the Day blog view pages.

...........

Can you change the design of the page in some way that still shows the image or a thumbnail of the image enough to engage the attention of the searchers and then entices them to click through to an ad revenue generating page?

ps, I don't know what I'm talking about here..... non-news to most, but I don't want to misrepresent myself.

what? when did that happen? my results have always shown a link to the page . . .

(goes off to check)

ETA: I see pages and links from the Google Images results.

If you click directly on the image though

If you click on the image, it shows a thumbnail with the address right next to it. Then below that it says, "Below is the image in its original context on the page: www. where-the-pic-came-from. whatever", which is a link.
Then it show the larger image, in context.

Are you saying by showing the whole page, they don't bother clicking the link, so never see the ad links?

Right