26 Nov 2008 07:43
Apologies Skog. Thought you were posting on the board under a pseudonym. Your site is definitely the most interesting of its type, is attractive asthetically and very easy to navigate. It is clear that you and your team work hard to keep your site running smoothly. Just wondering, however, what you think about newbies being groomed by those who would take advantage of their naivety? Do you think it would be useful to add an extra tab to your home page to point newbies in the direction of how not to fall into traps laid for them by those who appear to be helpful and, perhaps, a tutorial tab? This would alleviate experienced posters the agonies of having to try to warn newbies, only to be abused by those they wish to 'save'. I have to say that I have never frequented chat rooms before (having a hectic lifestyle) and came to this site initially thinking it was the London Stock Exchange! Trolls, pump and dumpers etc. have been a sad but informative life lesson that came as a complete surprise to me. Whilst some newbies may well be labelled greedy or lazy - some seem simply naive, young and saddled with university debts that did not occur in my day.