05-10-2003, 06:16 AM
Hail Wiccan,
"what got my goat that he said that some lurk awhile"
Firstly, Shadow is a she ;)
Secondly, that is standard netiquette: you lurk on a forum before you EVER post. If you have made your first post within a week of finding a forum, you're almost guarenteed to make a fool of yourself; many people lurk for several weeks before posting - some never post; they make up a significant number of the people here. It is not only here that this is expected either: you'll find it on every forum worth posting on. Those that do not expect it are likely made up of garbage.
"this is a forum not a place to make someone feel small about there inabilty to type proper"
Correct, but a forum is a place of comminication. When comminication is made difficult, then people do have good reason to complain. If a person *can* do something to improve this communication, then they should - if they cannot, then there's not much that can be done about that, obviously.
"what got my goat that he said that some lurk awhile"
Firstly, Shadow is a she ;)
Secondly, that is standard netiquette: you lurk on a forum before you EVER post. If you have made your first post within a week of finding a forum, you're almost guarenteed to make a fool of yourself; many people lurk for several weeks before posting - some never post; they make up a significant number of the people here. It is not only here that this is expected either: you'll find it on every forum worth posting on. Those that do not expect it are likely made up of garbage.
"this is a forum not a place to make someone feel small about there inabilty to type proper"
Correct, but a forum is a place of comminication. When comminication is made difficult, then people do have good reason to complain. If a person *can* do something to improve this communication, then they should - if they cannot, then there's not much that can be done about that, obviously.
May the wind pick up your heels and your sword strike true.