Sinque Productions wrote:It doesn't seem like you guys are doing your job at all. I'm not going to go on about how I never got a PM, but I will say when a new member makes a post, someone from the forums almost always responds in a way that discourages the new member. This happened to me and except one person, all the new members that I have seen the first post of. Why do you think most members only one post? Sure, some people don't care, forget, or get bored, but a lot leave because the forum is unwelcoming, rude, and mean. Honestly, I'm amazed that I stayed after being attacked for unknowingly bumping a post. I you want to know where I got the idea to add "please stay", just find my first post and read what the attacker wrote.
And do you know how rude we are? I have seen experienced members tell people their post is hard to read, but said it very rudely.
But along time ago, people were kind agreeing and friendly. If they criticized others, they did it kindly and tried to make others not feel bad. I saw a post where someone told another they didn't agree, but their ideas were "viable and good". Look what you are doing, and look at what you could be doing.
So tell me. How am I doing your job if you can't do it yourself!?
This forum has been without mods for a long time, and the three of us were only recently appointed. Please allow some time for us to settle in and get used to doing what we need to do. I'm sorry that you didn't get a PM or any kind of 'nice' welcome message, but to be perfectly honest, if you had it would have included "your first post broke the rules, please read them" anyway, because it's the truth. Joining a forum is no excuse for not reading the rules. Most new members have been lurkers, so they know the rules are there.
Personally, I don't care if your grammar or formatting isn't very good. I know English isn't always a first language for people (heck, it's probably not for a number the Ironhide team) so your inconsistencies when it comes to writing don't rile me up. However, I will make a comment if I think it will make things easier for other users. If you made a long post that was all one solid block of text, without any paragraphs at all, then I would step in and encourage you to change it so people would be more inclined to read it. Txt Spk or ALL CAPS LOCK? Again, horrible and off putting, but the ocasional spelling error? Not a big deal.
And yes, some members are rude and as mods we should be dealing with that. Other members have issues with spelling and grammar and seem to make it their personal agenda to stomp it out. That's their choice, but if you think that's wrong or mean, then say something about it. Report it to a mod (it's what we're here for). But, as you don't have access to anyone Private Messages besides your own, how exactly can you say we're not doing our jobs? You don't know what we are doing as mods, so kindly do not assume that because you can't see it, it's not happening.