How do you feel about Random Announcements as first posts?

PikaPikaChick · December 2013

Can I go out on a limb here and attempt the clarify some of the butthurtyness that is happening here? It turns out my UO is that I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

I think where some of us in the "I don't care" camp are coming from is maybe a different interpretation of the original question posed in the poll, "How do you feel about Random Announcements as first posts?"

To me, "first post" implies that there will be more posts in the future. And that is why I don't care what someone posts for the first time ever, because you gotta start somewhere. I've been on the Internet since the BBS days, and I've seen far more forums where intro posts are not the norm than otherwise. It seems perfectly logical to me that a good place to jump in and get your feet wet in a forum is with an announcement post or HDBD.

But if I was a newcomer, or someone with thinner skin, or a scared FTM and a bunch of folks jumped all over me for not following some undocumented, arbitrary rule that expressly forbids this sort of thing as a first-time post, you bet I wouldn't want to come back. That's the sort of thing that implies that there is a clique, and a general feeling of unwelcome.

I love snark. Snark is entertaining. Snark is fine when it is warranted.

Anyhoo, that's just how I see things. Grain of salt and all that.

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typeset · December 2013

We've had ~10 intros in the last day or so. They can't all be legit. At least I'm hoping the misspelling-laden ones aren't.

mrscmwood · December 2013

pistolpackinmomma said:

pistolpackinmomma said:

Rocknroll64 said:

@hatchetface Have you ever made homemade macaroni and cheese with velveeta? It will change your life.

Instructions. I demand them.
Boil your choice of pasta and drain. In a small sauce pan melt velveeta cheese and add a splash of milk. Combine.

*shame* Does it tell you how type A I am that I want to make sure I'm following the exact directions to accomplish what you just described? I need ratios!
This is the recipe I use: https://m.kraftrecipes.com/recipedetail.do?recipeid=50467&cn=US Sorry, mobile don't know how to properly link.
Sorry I was raised country, we don't measure. Sometimes our mac n cheese is more cheesy than others and that's ok. DH is a freak and doesn't like velveeta though so I'm stuck making the blue box shit.

DOESN'T LIKE VELVEETA!?!?! I am sorry but that is grounds for divorce......

RedInLove · December 2013

I think that for those of us that came to this board very early on, that while we may not have done full-on intro posts, we were all coming here with our brand new excitement and instantly formed a connection. It was like a group intro, I guess. The dynamic has settled into one of a group of ladies that feel they know each other. We're not exclusive, but we have established a relationship. It is what happened, that's the way it is, there's nothing wrong with that, and it's going to stay that way.

Please understand, we don't care if you post daily or weekly or monthly. We'd love for you to post more often, but we get that we all have lives outside of the Bump (shocker, I know, I know! LOL), and that is OK. Pop in, leave a comment when you can, check on us, let us know how you're doing.

What we are specifically talking about, are those that come in here, basically streak across the board saying "LOOK AT ME!!" and then keep on going. We don't know you who you are, you don't know who we are, and we're just left like, "OMG did you see that streaker? Dafuq was that?"

WE ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE! WE WANT MORE FRIENDS!!!! Just introduce yourself and strike up a conversation with us. Don't be like the stranger in the grocery store that just reaches over and rubs our pregnant bellies and keeps on going down the cookie aisle. Stop, say hi, I'm Suzie. Love your shoes! I'll rub your belly if you'll rub mine. Great!

RedInLove · December 2013

Andplusalso, we've had our share of cray cray over here, so the influx of new intros does cause us to exercise a bit of caution. It's not personal to you, it's just something we have experienced here on this board lately. For what it's worth, just something to maybe help clarify why a lot of us feel this way about the streakers.

pandadair · December 2013

mz628 said:

I understood the point of this post and answered but I also added about my own posting habits in response to other clique comments. I get I don't jump in as much so I haven't formed bff bonds with some of y'all, but I think the gals getting their panties in a wad and are calling it a clique is because they're jealous. They want to be "in" but don't want to put in the effort or just think they should be in because they're due in May and have posted once or twice. I don't care about them either. I just want all of the cake.

I do believe that's the secret code phrase, anyway.

reneewhite90 · December 2013

pandadair said:

mz628 said:

I understood the point of this post and answered but I also added about my own posting habits in response to other clique comments. I get I don't jump in as much so I haven't formed bff bonds with some of y'all, but I think the gals getting their panties in a wad and are calling it a clique is because they're jealous. They want to be "in" but don't want to put in the effort or just think they should be in because they're due in May and have posted once or twice.

I don't care about them either. I just want all of the cake.

I do believe that's the secret code phrase, anyway.

You would be correct. I think it's time she learns the secret handshake now.

Magheeta · December 2013

Bootsie327 said:

Jillzy86 said:

BAM! PIE CAKE

Oh em gee! Alternatively, here is this pie cake! Aka the "Cherpumple." The Cherpumple is borderline gross-looking actually, but I would still eat it. Hahaha

Oh gawd, I just, uhhh...sorry for the foodgasm. $:\$ ">

stiches221 · December 2013

There's cake???? =P~

Storrmys · December 2013

I didn't get cake but honey did bring me a can of cinnamon roll home when he went out to get me my antibiotics this morning .... Now I'm figuring out the best time to make them when I'll be able to eat them all !!

Tnpeach · December 2013

I never posted an intro, but I do contribute. I have asked questions, and been helped fabulously. I don't know how to upload an avatar, but will learn someday. I have never posted a HDBD pic, nor will I do a ute pic. (Goes along with the avatar thing...) I can say this:

I am genuinely pleased to see a group of women bonding and sharing in this forum. It is good reading about your ups, sad hearing about your downs, and helpful reading all kinds if responses. I am super excited to try my new macaroni recipe, and cannot wait to make a tasty red velvet cake. I WILL be doing that very soon.

And daisyemerson, I am right there with you on the US. But that's due to insurance stupidity.

Thanks for being here, intro or not.

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