flaimdude
09-21-2010, 11:48 PM
Hello forumers! Today I bring you a very special guide that I have decided this forum needs! Even if one noob realizes that they can improve by reading this, my mission will have been accomplished! Anyways, off we go!
1. Nothing is tl;dr. Including this. If you're going to spend time on a forum, then spend time reading a post that someone else spent even longer thinking about and writing.
2. Do not take anything personally. Believe it or not, it is the internet. Unless you have a friend from irl on here, you do not know anyone on here. Again, you do not know anyone on here and no one on here knows you. Thus, it does not matter what people think of you as they don't know you and cannot fairly judge you. How people are online is not how people are irl.
3. Post counts do not matter. Post counts per day do not matter. Post count rankings do not matter. Read that a couple times until it sinks in. Quality over quantity. I'd rather read 30 amazing posts than 300 lame ones. Again, you should not write lame posts just to +1 your post count. Your post count does not get you anything or anywhere in life. The whole point of a forums is so that people can express themselves and their ideas, not a place to make spam.
4. Being an idiot is not helpful. This includes flaming people, making fun of people, annoying people, generally being unhelpful, etc. Again, the forums are so that people can help each other and exchange ideas, not be idiots to each other. Kindness goes far.
And that's all for version 1. I might update it later if I think of anything else. Yes, I know, it's blunt. But it's meant to be. :) Cheers!
1. Nothing is tl;dr. Including this. If you're going to spend time on a forum, then spend time reading a post that someone else spent even longer thinking about and writing.
2. Do not take anything personally. Believe it or not, it is the internet. Unless you have a friend from irl on here, you do not know anyone on here. Again, you do not know anyone on here and no one on here knows you. Thus, it does not matter what people think of you as they don't know you and cannot fairly judge you. How people are online is not how people are irl.
3. Post counts do not matter. Post counts per day do not matter. Post count rankings do not matter. Read that a couple times until it sinks in. Quality over quantity. I'd rather read 30 amazing posts than 300 lame ones. Again, you should not write lame posts just to +1 your post count. Your post count does not get you anything or anywhere in life. The whole point of a forums is so that people can express themselves and their ideas, not a place to make spam.
4. Being an idiot is not helpful. This includes flaming people, making fun of people, annoying people, generally being unhelpful, etc. Again, the forums are so that people can help each other and exchange ideas, not be idiots to each other. Kindness goes far.
And that's all for version 1. I might update it later if I think of anything else. Yes, I know, it's blunt. But it's meant to be. :) Cheers!