Welcome Wagon???
Forum rules
READ: The Origami Forum Rules & Regulations
READ: The Origami Forum Rules & Regulations
Welcome Wagon???
i think we should Pm new members. welcome them. maybe tell them recent happenings. Invite them to a discussion or something. IF I were a brnad new member and i got a pm it would make ME happy. so lets spread the love!
Origami forums design group viewtopic.php?p=49612#49612
"When you put a crease in a piece of paper, You're essentially changeing the memory of that piece." - Erik Demaine (from "Between the Folds")
"When you put a crease in a piece of paper, You're essentially changeing the memory of that piece." - Erik Demaine (from "Between the Folds")
You can let the forum send a message automatically to a newly registered member. Many forums do this as a welcome message. That way you only have to alter the contents once every while, rather than actually typing each individual PM.chesslo wrote:ya, i agree, but it would be alot of work, and some of them never use their accounts!
- OrigamiGianluca
- Senior Member
- Posts: 297
- Joined: September 13th, 2008, 10:29 am
- Location: North of Italy
- Contact:
- angrydemon
- Forum Sensei
- Posts: 556
- Joined: March 21st, 2008, 5:12 pm
- Location: bottomless pits of hell
- Contact:
This is how our dear Administrator greets new membersorigami_8 wrote:Wow, that's the most useless request I ever read on this Forum. Congratulations!
I've fallen down, and I can't get up.
My Flickr
My Flickr
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 1874
- Joined: May 17th, 2003, 1:01 pm
- Location: Germany
I completely disagree. I just have to count the private messages I wrote to members that have never been read. I still have one pm left in my outbox that I wrote on 21st not to mention the 5 other that I recently deleted, because they have never been read.
I'm pretty sure that most new members just don't recognize that they have a new PM.
I'm pretty sure that most new members just don't recognize that they have a new PM.
Cruel Administrator, how dare she tell the truth
I agree with Chris, sending private messages to new members is completely useless, because they usually do not read them. Every now and then I delete unread messages I wrote to members ages ago. It would just be a waste of webspace and the Forum is expensive enough for our dear host.
I agree with Chris, sending private messages to new members is completely useless, because they usually do not read them. Every now and then I delete unread messages I wrote to members ages ago. It would just be a waste of webspace and the Forum is expensive enough for our dear host.
- Joe the white
- Senior Member
- Posts: 456
- Joined: May 17th, 2003, 2:51 pm
explosion of replys?! hmm interesting views. It was just an idea though
Origami forums design group viewtopic.php?p=49612#49612
"When you put a crease in a piece of paper, You're essentially changeing the memory of that piece." - Erik Demaine (from "Between the Folds")
"When you put a crease in a piece of paper, You're essentially changeing the memory of that piece." - Erik Demaine (from "Between the Folds")
- unknownfolder
- Super Member
- Posts: 174
- Joined: May 23rd, 2008, 3:12 pm
- Location: United States
A welcome thread would be nice. I have seen it on other forums and it works rather well. Recently, I have noticed new members posting threads saying hello. Why not create a simple thread for this purpose. I have probably already said this but cannot remember the reason it was cast aside.
Just a suggestion.
Just a suggestion.
Whenever I do complex Origami I get this sinking feeling.
One of the best quotes ever. It also happens to come from one of the greatest topics in the history of mankind.origami_8 wrote:Wow, that's the most useless request I ever read on this Forum. Congratulations!
As a serious note, I don't think PM's would work too well. I always get a pop-up window when I receive a new PM, but some people may think it's one of those random spam pop-ups and may click it away instantly without even looking at it. Perhaps a welcome topic would be nice, because then members get the chance to introduce themselves and they don't have to create a random topic in one of the sections.
as far as reading every sticky note... i think once a new member becomes a "contributing member" they will end up reading every message that exists on this board more than once...oh..maybe im the only one with no life?OrigamiGianluca wrote: I think that the very first thing that a brand new forum member should do, would be to read every sticky and popular posts of each section. Wink
"The most profound statements are the ones that never get said"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16154798@N00/
http://www.reverbnation/friendblanket
http://www.myspace.com/stromnagrom
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16154798@N00/
http://www.reverbnation/friendblanket
http://www.myspace.com/stromnagrom