Moderators Time to Work Again

[f250]

Well maybe, is this another of our friendly spammers? It just seems that way if you read the posts.

Hello Everyone

Tom

[BobD]

It's a valid e-mail address, and not a known spammer according to the sites I checked out...lets see what happens...

[Pajaro]

May be someone not smart enough to not use his own email address.

[Dragon]

I originally saw that and decided not to answer it was probably the best policy. I am hoping that it gets lost down the line.
Diane

[minowevie]

well i am a sucker for new comers. and maybe, they are a spammer, but we will see. maybe someone wonting to join in a scrolling forum, who knows . maybe we could help if nothing els. I wellcome him or her. if they are nice, and wont to learn. Evie

[Gill]

The members list goes on for 229 pages. The number of members who have made more than a dozen posts only goes on for 20 pages. Most people who join this forum make a handful of posts and are never heard from again. Meeting and greeting might be very hospitable, but it's hardly an efficient use of forum resources.

Anti-social Gill

[Dragon]

On my gaming board we delete spammers and once a month we delete names of members that have not posted for 6 months. That sure cleans it up.
Diane

[JohnB]

G'day Gill and Diane,
It's a hard call. I've given this quite a bit of thought, and feel there are a couple of points that have no answers.

Giving people a great welcome is great. I remember when I joined and there was a heap of welcome messages it sort of made me feel wanted.
Some boards, you only get a welcome from the Admin or Mods and it sort of sends the message that it's a closed group as far as the members go.

Having said that, have you ever gone to a do, with your spouse or a mate and it's their function. Like a work party, or one of their friends birthday. You feel like a "Shag on a rock". Everybody knows everybody, except you know no one and no one knows you.

This forum, being as friendly as it is tends to impart that feeling. Unless your the type of person that will just jump into a conversation and make yourself known, you just hang around the outer waiting for someone to talk to you.

This all makes perfect sense in my mind, but on the screen ?????????????????????????

I'll leave it, someone may be able to decipher my ramblings

[greatdane2]

I just checked and there are 20 members and 104 guests. I like this site the way it is. I feel like part of the team and am not shy about saying what works for me and asking questions of others. But lots of people are not comfortable talking to strangers especially on the web. Yet they seem to be here all the time in large numbers trying to learn things or laughing at goofs like me. And I would hope that they do learn something when here. We had a thread that listed where some of us started out and how we ended up doing woodworking, so yeah there are some here that have allways been woodworkers and make a good living at it. But it seems that most of us fell into this and learn as we go. So those guests should feel comfortable jumping in and asking questions and more to the point they can answer questions as well. I am not sure if you have to be a member to post here or not. But I would think that a lot of guests and members who don't post very often are still getting something from this forum, and that is the whole point is it not. Otherewise why not just read a book on woodworking?

And thats my 32 cents worth. PS. is there a forum on spelling?lol.
Alan.

[JohnB]

Originally Posted by greatdane2

SNIP
And thats my 32 cents worth. PS. is there a forum on spelling?lol.
Alan.

Allan, there is, but Evie's got it to herself