Hi all.
I started in this Forum a few months back, and I found it very hard to getting heard, so this is why I wanted to encourage new members to still use this forum, even when it can be a little frustrating at the beginning. Here are my tips for beginners that really want to start using this forum more often and rank up gathering merits over time, and most importantly, getting heard and respected around here:
- Begin to read a lot, before commenting on things.
- Try to understand the concept of signature campaigns, and everything that is connected to it (spammy threads, people getting paid to post 20x per week). Then you will understand what kind of posts you should 100% avoid trying to post: posts with 2-3 sentences, that are not part of the conversation of a thread but simply reply to the original posters question, disregarding the whole conversation that happened before you.
- Always read through all comments, try to quote posters before you if you have something to comment, add or critisize about what someone else said.
- Try to stay on top of your English, proof read your posts and make sure there are as few mistakes as possible (it shows your respect towards possible readers). If you are not very good at English you can try sites like
https://www.deepl.com to translate your sentences into decent English.
- Have a point you are trying to make and if it resonates with people, you will quickly see how more people respond to you and take you more serious.
If you are new, feel free to ask questions here that I will answer.
If you are experienced in this forum, do you have anything to add?