New Member Tips

[Shane]

Post tips here to help out new members.

Here are a few from me:

Make sure you click on the link in the validation email, this is V. important if you want full access to the site!!
Get active in anything that interests you, if you cannot find anything to post about then always remember the NEW THREAD button is there for that reason! :)
Get yourself an avatar by Going to the User CP (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/usercp.php?) Then clicking on Edit Avatar (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/profile.php?do=editavatar), this will get your posts noticed more by others and will also help you to become unique and stand out amongst others. Sometimes people will look for Posts you have made ina thread, having an avatar could be a great help to them. :)
The same thing can also be done by adding a sig to all of your posts, this is alos in the User CP then accessed by going to Edit Signature (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/profile.php?do=editsignature).
Post sensibly. Sure, its ok to reply to thinks and saya few words sometimes, thats all you might have to say but remember to keep all posts on-topic.
When starting a new topic it may help to not only post what it is about in the Thread title but also to post about that subject somewhere in your post. Some people may forget what they are looking at if they have left the computer and it will be more obvious if it pops up somehwere when they are reading through the thread.
Don't come up with random posts in the middle of a thread such as 'Hi, my name is..., Do you want to talk??', this will make you appear immature and most users will ignore you if you continue to do this. If you go really over the top doing this then you will be WARNED, then BANNED!
Post an introduction in the Introductions Forum (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=5), this will help members here to get to know you and give you the chance to get aqquainted with them too. Remember that it is good to check up on your Introductions thread all the time, regardless of how old a member you are as new people may Introduce themselves to you via it.
Remember that there are a huge number of sub-forums that can be found by clicking on one of the main forums on the Forum Index Page (http://www.teenageforums.com), you will find even more threads/topics in these and it will give you a wider option about what to post about and where to post it.
Upon hitting 50 posts you will become eligable to request an avatar and signature creating in the graphics forum. Having custom avatars and sigs. will help you to become noticed even more.
You may also want to consider uploading a profile photo so people will know what you look like. I find this often makes me feel more comfortable, just simply because I know what the person i am having a discussion with looks like!
There is a Forum for SPAM (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=38), so use that, not the rest of the site!
Unless you openly admit that you are a chav or are not bothered about being called one then please, oh please dont use TXT TYP!I will add more things as and when i think of them, feel free to post you own suggestions! :)

[jesus'_bright_red_pants]

You may want to add something about people promoting their own sites for their own personal profits. Like on the older site we had an amandasmith and a Tara promoting some site whos url I kept editing. A warning issued first, further occurances resulting in a ban?? It saves the mods of the particular forum time in editing/deleting their posts. Yes, no, maybe so? Jesus is with you on this one...

[Bob!]

Have a forum made for links to other good sites?

Then any people have got they can lob in there, anyone who comes in and puts one up can be also put in there.

IF they start spammin it everywhere they can be warned about it and told theres a forum for it, and if they carry on, ban the fockers :D

[Shane]

Nah, if someone wants to post a link then they can just put it in their sig or PM me for permission to post it somewhere, i will then tell them where!

[jesus'_bright_red_pants]

Oooh text talk makes them sound like chavs ;)

[Matty]

And make sure everyone that you get to know me.

Because I am the man.

[jesus'_bright_red_pants]

You're a man?!?!?! ;)

[LukeEv_17]

first i knew about that Matty lol

[Tim]

new members posts i've been told are being ignored. so here is a bit of advice.
edit your profile. include an avatar, write about yourself (biography, post in popular threads, don't become irritated by the fact that people are ignoring your posts, if you post more and have an avatar you stand out more and will get more replies.

any more advice to new members please post. :P

[~Wayne~]

make sure posts are longer than 2 words usually helps too ;)
And yeah a member without an avatar doesn't looks right

[LukeEv_17]

introduce yourself in the meeting place

[~Wayne~]

Could do with someone moving this to meeting forum and sticking at top of it

[LukeEv_17]

yeah good idea

[Bob!]

Could do with someone moving this to meeting forum and sticking at top of it

Done.http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3441/admin3xy.gif (http://img111.imageshack.us/img111/3441/admin3xy.gif)


Carry on peeps :)

[princess tamsyn]

yes i feel i am been ignored especially by michelle!!!!!! she says im being gay haha

[michelle]

:P :P :P :)
yes i feel i am been ignored especially by michelle!!!!!! she says im being gay haha

tamsyn im sat right beside ya... u idiot i was watchin ya type it lol

[Shane]

Here is a listed I posted in another forum. I will be posting this ina few introduction threads after I have tweaked it a little bit. it will aslo be emailed to every member. ;)











- Start more new threads. Even if you think they are really stupid or even boring, you will get replies. If people see you starting threads then they are more likely to recognise you and take you into consideration.
- If you dont have an Avatar then get yourself one via the User CP. People with avatars get alot mroe replies becuase it attracts eyes to their posts.
- Dont use light fonts whilst posting, people will just scroll straight past anything you say.
- Get yourself a signature, anything will do even a peice of text, just dont make it too big or you will annoy people.
- In general discussions dont post things that are paragraphs long, alot of people just cant be bothered to read them unless its in a debate or a review type discussion.
- Dont troll. In other words dont post JUST to get on peoples nerves.
- Give a little information about yourself in your intorduction thread. People reply to it, keep it active as long as you can. It's THE best way for people to get to know you. I see lots of threads they jsut say "Hi, I'm New!" and are never even read again by the very person who started the thread in the first place. The Metting Place is for getting to know people.
- Hell you can even start arguements with people sometimes, virtual playfighting is always good too. Checkout the Roleplay Forum for that wickedness.

[gman93]

yo timmeh my mum likes the godfather her fav actor is al pacino and she also like robert di niro

[Shane]

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[gary_the_snail]

hehe......i just joined

[MiSs_DiVa]

Ok thankssss moderator i'll bear those tips in mind ! x x

[MiSs_DiVa]

Ok thankssss moderator i'll bear those tips in mind ! x x

[tigereyes]

Ok thankssss moderator i'll bear those tips in mind ! x x
uhm how did you find out about this?

[funny]

So, did I? lol

[Rebecca]

i'll take some of that advice!

[oOoBubblesoOo]

Very useful information.

I liked #13. But sometimes if people are in a rush than it helps to use short forms-so be sure not to stereotype them as chavs.....yet.

[pacer*kar]

hey i have a question(im also new..) soo how do u get munny? and what do u use it for?

[Shane]

hey i have a question(im also new..) soo how do u get munny? and what do u use it for?
You get it by being active around the forums and in profiles.

You can use it to buy more features and nifty little things

[Bob!]

If you need help or have questions with features such as munny and so on, do a forum search or look at the Assistance (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=60) section, most likely you're questions has already been answered there.

If not, make a post in the Assistance (http://www.teenageforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=60) section and someone will get back to ya and try and help. :)

[han...x]

Lol heyahh x

I am Hannah =D


i do not have a clue at all how to use this! could you please help??

like i mean how do you post a thread and things??


thankyuuu


xxx

[Kate]

Another point - don't use obscene amounts of question marks, Kate will throttle you :D

[glamourkills]

wel i've done most things you've told so yeah

[throcks]

Thanks for the advice, I was just in userCP, will edit and make it look good :)

[monearth12]

OK ^^ Thanx

[Sweetest.x.Sin]

And don't post porn like I seen one person do on here.
Just thought I'd add a little advice too, being an oldie of the site. :P

[Wacko1574]

^^lol took the words right if my mouth...or fingers...paaah u know wut i mean :P

[turnxtunexdrop]

I never recieved a validation email, i just simply got a plain old blank email from teen forums.

[xxluisaxx]

Thanks for the tips!!!!!!!

[xxluisaxx]

Thanks for the advive. I'm a newbie and therefore need advice on using this site.

[Cyber]

Ya its important
As a moderator in other forum I encourage members like this.
Good way
and make many friends as U can
Keep good relation with them
Will help ya.

[taccolite]

This is really kewl cant wait to get the hang of things :L:P

[n0iZe]

Tacco, it's really not too hard to fit in 'round here. Just gotta have a very wide sense of humor, a little sarcasm here and there, and know how to use the power of chi. When you get punched, you use the negative energy back against the person who threw it. Same goes for a forum, really.

In a nutshell, be an intelligent bitch, or just intelligent in general, or interesting, or experienced in what you talk about, and you'll be fine. Otherwise, try to avoid being naive, insecure, and careless. Those three major points are what trolls like Soggy try to hit the most on.

[soggytoast]

i saw this topic had been bumped and i somehow knew my name would be mentioned....

[Karin]

do you think somebody will ever mention you in a good way? :-)

[fuzzylumpkins]

haha what do you mean karin? we love the toast!

[Karin]

of course we do. I was just trying to huff him.Wouldn't work anyway :-)

[taccolite]

OHJH OKAI I GETTIT ..
:locked:
YEAH CANT WAIT .. YEAH NO BODY GUNNA FUCK WITH MEH .
IM STILL FUKIN LOST THO COZ ITS SO BIG . LIKE IN NE FORUMS IVE BEEN ON UD B LUKI IF 2 PPL WERE ONLINE AT ONCE AND SHUR FUCK IT THAT WAS A GOOD DAY o_O
IM SURE ILL FIGURE IT OUT IN GOOD TIME THO THANKS :)

[Karin]

one good advice. Don't write in Blockletters :p

[taccolite]

sorry about that **again** I dont see why not though ... Its all for attention seeking :P

[Karin]

yeah and we don't like attention whores :)

[taccolite]

well they accepted you didnt they ;) :P:P:L

[Karin]

The cleverer give in, so have a good night dear. Good Luck.

[soggytoast]

do you think somebody will ever mention you in a good way? :-)
it's been known to happen

haha what do you mean karin? we love the toast!
;)

well they accepted you didnt they ;) :P:P:L
oo she's getting it! you might actually fit in here

[Burias]

Attention all newcomers: don't be stupid.

That is Burias' tip for the day.

[taccolite]

How insightful :)

[fuzzylumpkins]

oh, and little known fact:

to be truly loved by us you MUST post a pic of your tits... all the cool members did it. go on... you wanna be cool too right?

[taccolite]

LMAO ..
how accepted do the tits pictures members become...
I think I'd get banned no ....
Oh I get it thats you guys plan :( Just cause I'm Irish and all....
O well.. :(
:L

[fuzzylumpkins]

haha banned? of course not. You'd be accepted like a squid on the ice of a detroit red wings hockey game (thats right, a hockey analogy, I'm canadian, so sue me).

seriously, it takes a fuck ton to get banned here. We had a troll who didn't technically break any rules but was annoying as fuck. He posted 1100 times before he got bored of us and left.

[taccolite]

haha i ain't going topless YET though :L .
take some time for that :L
btw I play hockey here haha not on ice though .. :P:P:P.. im in the E league (that's the lowest grade of it .. :L .. the irish tend to ruin even the most well known sports ) would lke to play ice hockey though :(

[fuzzylumpkins]

lmfao I can't play it to save my life. For some reason the second I get a stick in my hand I forget how to skate.

and just sayin...soggy went topless, and we all love him.

[taccolite]

haha . I can ice skate :P . Just not very well.:O
Ohh yeah am i saw that .. He's quite the . (cough) catch He doesn't have a bad body to be fair:P
so you guys swing both ways ??

[soggytoast]

and just sayin...soggy went topless, and we all love him.
i took one for the team, every female on this forum owes us topless pics for the combined efforts of mike, tommeh and me!


haha . I can ice skate :P . Just not very well.:O
Ohh yeah am i saw that .. He's quite the . (cough) catch He doesn't have a bad body to be fair:P
so you guys swing both ways ??


the toast turns ALL.

[taccolite]

I don't think I should ahve to go topless ... No one else did :O:O
well not that I can see.. I personally think fuzzylumpkins is looking for an easy way to get rid of me :P

[soggytoast]

No one else did :O:O

moi.

[taccolite]

Yeah, thats fair enough (Nice body btw :L).. am but you don't have tits. I mean I didn't see any of the guys posting their dicks :P

[Incendiary]

I mean I didn't see any of the guys posting their dicks :P
ahahah, well said.
I'm starting to like this girl. -in a none-scary way.

[soggytoast]

(Nice body btw :L)
merci

et


I didn't see any of the guys posting their dicks
to you that is a statement, to fuzzy that is an invitiation

[taccolite]

haha ... am Invitation .. yeah :):P is he not like a moderator ? ... ???

[taccolite]

ahahah, well said.
I'm starting to like this girl. -in a none-scary way.

whooo women power :L

[fuzzylumpkins]

haha ... am Invitation .. yeah :):P is he not like a moderator ? ... ???

ahem. "super" moderator at that. :P but only because I'm in a different time zone and therefore can delete spam when all you cunts are sleeping.

and how is my asking for a topless pic a way to get rid of you? hell that's actually a better greeting than most people get in real life (my standard greeting...including to many people i don't know is "sup cunt?")

on the other hand. tits or gtfo :P

[n0iZe]

ahem. "super" moderator at that. :p but only because i'm in a different time zone and therefore can delete spam when all you cunts are sleeping.

And how is my asking for a topless pic a way to get rid of you? Hell that's actually a better greeting than most people get in real life (my standard greeting...including to many people i don't know is "sup cunt?")

on the other hand. Tits or gtfo :p

we're in ur time zonez
deletin ur spam

[fuzzylumpkins]

i can haz ban hammer?

[taccolite]

FUZZYLUMPKINS= "ahem. "super" moderator at that. but only because I'm in a different time zone and therefore can delete spam when all you cunts are sleeping.

and how is my asking for a topless pic a way to get rid of you? hell that's actually a better greeting than most people get in real life (my standard greeting...including to many people i don't know is "sup cunt?")

on the other hand. tits or gtfo "


I can only quote sometimes ... I keep forgetting how :rolleyes5: , Oh I get it now, They're using you, very clever :), goodman !!!!! :P
I would have settled for "sup cunt" .. would have done **handshake .. then lock it ... then kick in the groine... **... That's my greeting ;):) would have been kind of Irish, yeah as I said i'll post my tits when the guys start posting their bits, I'm not that stupid haha - Just czuse i'm new don't mean I'm that gullible or retarded :_) :P great stratagy (sp?) :P:P:P:P

[fuzzylumpkins]

if the reply button doesn't work, the tags are (without spaces):

[ quote ] [ /quote ]

which looks


like this

It's a real shame you aren't 18, boy could there be some fun had in the mature threads, what with people posting pictures of jubblies from around the internets and claiming its ours. alas.

[taccolite]

awwww can i pretend im 18 :(
plllleeaassee lol ??? :P
ill do ANYTHING ...
:L

[Burias]

Okay! New idea!

Don't post pointless threads!

I'm getting sick and tired of threads like "Ummmm hai my name s nicolexkittycat. WTF are you guys doing? :):):):)"

It's annoying. Don't do it. Ever. We have plenty of open threads to which you can reply. Besides that, there's already a "What are you doing" thread. Duplicate threads are annoying, pointless and get ignored after the initial bashing of the initiator.

[Sguzzi]

Yup! Did it all. Thanks! :)

[Darts]

Yup! Did it all. Thanks! :)

I like you. Plz stay :D

[Shane]

I'm bumping this. If anyone has anything to add or thinks anything needs changing about the OP then feel free to reply, I'll keep a close eye on it. ;)

[CBcinema]

Be outgoing, share your opinions openly but respect others.

[andrea17]

If somebody says you can't post on a thread - just post there

[Gem.]

Dont come here thinking you own the place straight away... youre not Shane!

[CBcinema]

A cat says meow.

A dog says woof.

[Prophet]

here's a revolutionary idea for the newbies yo, how about actually being active posters instead of being fairweather posters like 90% of the member base?

that would be amazing IMO

[Shane]

here's a revolutionary idea for the newbies yo, how about actually being active posters instead of being fairweather posters like 90% of the member base?

that would be amazing IMO
This would certainly be amazing! :P

[Darts]

My tip is, until you become a giver, at least be a taker.

[Waffle]

Thanks for the useful tips! I'm a newbie, so it helps!

[CBcinema]

Welcome to TalkFuse Waffle.
You should make an intro thread in the newbies forum and introduce yourself.
Hope you enjoy the forums! :)

[Andy C]

Waffle, are you Bagel? I remember Bagel. She wrote some gud shoite.

If you say you're Waffle I will rage.