Originally posted by firecracker22
I'll be honest--I think a lot of people see an "in crowd" and resent it.
Originally posted by bclapham
ive never fitted in anywhere, and i dont have many friends- i am the proverbial square peg in the round hole.- always have and always will i suppose- if that means i have a bad attitude then so be it.
Originally posted by Tony Eeds
... I think Pat hit the nail on the head there and FC did here. We all know many members here and that makes a difference in the way we converse with each other. I don't go into chat as I know I would get nothing done if I did so I can't comment on how that has affected the traffic on the site.
Originally posted by nikki
just looking through the eyes of someone who may have mentioned the DRN "attitude"...
Originally posted by firecracker22
I think Nikki's right about how quickly we can jump on new members who don't know the rules, or even just the etiquette, yet. We might have heard the same question a hundred times but they haven't. Also, if a post gets closed, sometimes the reason why may sound a little curt. Not because it was meant that way--there are a hundred things for mods to check up on and no time to make sure no one gets their panties in a bunch--but it can sound fairly cold or even rude.
Maybe we all can watch for that kind of thing and possibly explain why to new members, using softer words that the mods don't have time for, when that does happen?
Originally posted by Michelle (in the thread that started this thread)
If you're going to subscribe solely for access to other forums - don't bother - unless you're into politics. This will probably be edited out, but the subscriber forum (yes, we get access to one only) is not worth $14 a year (note: the price has gone up). I don't know what else the support team members get, but gather they get more forums (which may or may not be worthwhile), access to chat & I dunno what else.