"Persons with low post counts": Welcome to DU ! Honest ! :-)

[steve2470]

I, and I think I speak for many others, am glad you are here. I know I used the word "newbies" earlier today but that was a bad choice of words for someone who frequents "that other site". Of course, none of you would be like that. :-)


If you have any questions about politics or DU, feel free to speak up and ask. You will ALWAYS get help, even if it's one sentence or a link to a useful web page.

Again, welcome to DU and enjoy your stay !
steve

[liberaliraqvet26]

1. man I wanna hit my 1000th post!!

I still feel like a newbie.

[Qibing Zero]

11. But we are newbies!

Actually I've lurked for much too long and finally started posting in the last few days. I just couldn't take the madness that has ensued recently.

I was immediately attracted by the healthy community here. Usually you're used to such hostility in politics, but I love how there can be arguments alongside well wishes here. It's really telling in a time where everyone has gone insane with 'patriotism'.

[Qibing Zero]

13. Whoops, this should be responding to the main post. Showing my colors! nt

[faithnotgreed]

19. adding my welcome qz

yes it can be fast and furious here but its an exceptional community with all kinds of people represented

the big tent

[Lone_Star_Dem]

26. Welcome to DU!

I've not been doing my best lately at welcoming our new members. Accept my apology. :hi:

[political_invader]

83. Ty..

Your forgiven lol :toast:

[I Have A Dream]

58. Glad to have you here, Qibing Zero!

:hi:

[tyedyeto]

89. I lurked for several months before I registered

and started posting. I've never felt that a low post count meant anything other than you're a newbie to this forum.

I've seen flame wars happen over piddly issues but, for the most part, people here are friendly and open to everyone.

Welcome

[NMDemDist2]

12. you are in the dreaded "700 Club" LIV26, get posting!

:hi:

:bounce:

[kerryin2004]

24. Just be here during an election..

that is how my post count got past 1000.

[Horse with no Name]

53. I got mine during the Terri Schiavo spectacle

:)

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Yes indeed, newbies. Come on in and join the fray. We are always

glad or new friends and allies. :hi:

[mainegreen]

3. Why does low post count=newbie?

Many of us here have been registered for a long time but mostly lurk, and only post now and then in short spurts. I mostly lurk. This is my NEWS site! Biased, but correct!

[mainegreen]

5. In fact,

if that thing about the u_id number at the end of your profile button url is true (remove 1 and the number is when you registered), I think my number beats some of yours!

[TomInTib]

7. Same here..

I "lurked" for a few years because I am computer stupid. My sweetheart figured it out for me.

[IdaBriggs]

10. 3 Trolls so far have been extolling the virtues of Bush at us --

and those are just the ones who I've run into. All three had less than ten posts, and were "new registrations" today.

[Cha]

29. And what "virtues" are those?

That bush isn't falling down drunk and he strung two words together?

edit~ spelling :silly:

[tinfoilinfor2005]

41. Which two?

Must have missed that ;)

[Raster]

49. and doncha just want to *SLAP* the snot out of them?

I know I do. Manners, manners... my ass!

[etherealtruth]

60. delete

[etherealtruth]

61. delete

[etherealtruth]

62. Sorry ... I don't even know what I did ...

...that caused me to post the same message 4 times

[etherealtruth]

63. I think the RW nut jobs are in a panic ...

Their boy can't even muster an appropriate response to devastation and tragedy ... oh yeah, and high gas prices in the face of give away tax cuts to the oil companies.

Welcome all "newbies" :hi:

[Wheaty]

16. Me also

I lurked for a year before I even registered a screen name in March of 2004. I use DU for the news and am not all that much of a frequent poster.

Edit: typo

[Lin]

17. yup, that's me too:) post d.u occasionally-read DU ALWAYS (eom)

[enlightenment]

23. Thanks for saying that!

I love it here -- but lurked forever before I posted, and I still don't post very much.
Low post count doesn't equal ignorance; just a natural reticence (or a healthy helping of second thought . . .).

[Inland]

4. Some great rants recently from low post count guys.

Don't have the names in front of me.

[Raster]

54. we all started with low post counts, and then something just

PISSED US OFF!!! Take advantage of a *bad* situation and vent, vent, VENT!!!

[titoresque]

6. hey thanks steve

you know what though, Im probably the only hot head that freaked out about what you said, and honestly it's a lame excuse but I really am so pissed today with everything happening I was a jerk. so I am sorry!
Thanks for this nice post :)

[Jamison]

8. Thanks for the welcome!

[madeline_con]

9. Could it be a sign....

that more are joining as DUH-bya shows more of his true colors every day?

Cindy Sheehan and now Katrina have put a very unflattering spotlight on the little despot of late!

[PatrioticLeftie]

14. Oh goody

I have the least posts of anyone

[Inspired]

18. I'm close to you!

[justabob]

20. Lower than both of you :)

Hi fellow newbies and thanks Steve for all your hard work over the past few days.
:toast:

[faithnotgreed]

25. welcome - were glad youre here

low post count or not~~

[Lone_Star_Dem]

40. Welcome!

Make yourself at home and the bathroom is down the hall and to the right. :hi:

[justabob]

45. hello fellow Texan

Thanks :hi:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

47. I should have said, Howdy

:D

Glad to see more people from Texas here. Check out the Texas forum when you get a chance it's great.

[Holly_Hobby]

21. Nuh-uh

I do! I do!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

35. Welcome to DU!

Glad to have you here. :hi:

[philarq]

22. less

[PatrioticLeftie]

27. Well...

...Close to least

[I Have A Dream]

64. Hi, PatrioticLeftie -- welcome to DU!

Glad to have you here!

:hi:

[faithnotgreed]

31. ok - yes i think you are the winner there

were glad youre here philarq

it can be quite a trip here but its an amazing intelligent big hearted community
the big tent

[kliljedahl]

48. Watch out for the language police, they are out there.

That should be "fewer"

[tinfoilinfor2005]

51. Welcome to you and all!

(You DO know about the initiation, right??...oops. I've already said too much.)

[Buns_of_Fire]

66. Shhhhh... Ix-nay on the ecret-say...

We ran of warm maple syrup a few days ago. Until the next batch arrives, the secret initiations the next brunch of delicious pancakes are on hold. (It's just as well -- the local constabulary has asked us to cool it for a while, especially since they're getting lots of complaints about the stolen chickens.)

Until then, welcome to all. :hi: And one of our local operatives will be by within a few days to deliver your secret decoder ring.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

68. Oh, are we on with the chickens again?

That's what I get for not reading the memos.

[CitizenWill]

30. I think I have you beat...

But I am a Canadian DU'er who has been a quiet observer all these years.

Not much to contribute being in Canada but I like to keep tabs on what is going down with our Southern brothers and sisters.

Cheers!

:hide:

[faithnotgreed]

32. thank you dante - were glad youre here

oh to live in canada....

sigh

[Lone_Star_Dem]

39. How about a VERY belated welcome?

Glad to have you here. :hi:

[blue northern]

80. Same here Dante

I read DU everyday and have been registered here since Feb 04 or thereabouts.
It's a fantastic resource and most days I spend more time here than anywhere else online.
Hard to tell from my post count though. :blush:

Thanks DUers for making this site such a great place.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

33. Pffft!

Just walk around like you own the place, that's what I did when I was at your post count.

Welcome to DU!

[Toblerone]

65. Not less than me

Although I've lurked for ages. I can barely find time to read, let alone post. Glad to see I'm not alone :)
Here's to all the lurkers out there :toast:

[tuvor]

15. There've been a lot of newbies in the past several weeks...

...and they've made some great contributions!

:hi:

[Hello_Kitty]

28. I love how people will admit when they are wrong here

Most DUers welcome people checking their facts and are willing to retract something when someone else can dispute it effectively. Very few will just cling to a pet argument just for the sake of being "right". Not saying there aren't egomaniacs on the left, but they do seem to be concentrated in the conservative ranks.

[Drum]

34. Thank you for the welcome, and for the momentum!

I have two "newbie" questions though...

1) I've seen that we put "nt" or "n/t" after titles where no message follows. What does this nt mean?

2) What is the origin/meaning of the "tin foil hat"?

Thanks all for being such a great and truly democratic community.

Drum, NYC

[OhioChick]

36. nt= no text

[Lone_Star_Dem]

46. Welcome!

n/t means no text

Tin foil hat means that it's a controversial theory. There used to be a saying that if you wore a tin foil hat the mind rays couldn't reach you. :P

[annabanana]

50. nt or n/t means that there is "no text" in the message

(this saves a browser from clicking on the message, only to find nothing there)

the tin foil hat is what we have been accused of wearing..
"crazy" conspiracy theorists who deflect evil alien rays with the tin foil..

[political_invader]

71. How funny I thought n/t

meant NICE THREAD. Thanks for the info!!

[Prism]

37. I learned what BFEE means today

Believe me, I'd been puzzling over that one for months =)

[political_invader]

74. Ok ?

whats it mean lol share don't keep it to your self

BFEE = ?

[Suich]

82. Bush Family Evil Empire! n/t eom

[political_invader]

84. ty.. n/t .. EOM

[OhioChick]

38. Low post count...........

but not new! :)

[SocratesInSpirit]

42. Thanks!

I've been lurking over a year, and registered a few months ago, but finally decided to post today! :hi:

[Deep N RedLand]

43. Don't know how you guys find the time to do it.

Though I've been a member for over a year it took me several months just to get to 100 and will likely be longer to reach twice that, so I can't imagine ever reaching 1000 at this rate.

Like many here, while I visit the site almost daily, I can only post sporadically I have so much else to do and look up both on-line and off and it takes me awhile to write due to having to collect my thoughts and typing skills.

But maybe someday I will and do honestly feel like us non-members of the "1000 Club" (or even "no-star" posters for that matter) are sometimes looked down on as witnessed by some of the posts I've seen, but it's nice to know our contributions are appreciated. Thanks.
:)

[really annoyed]

44. Thanks

I've actually have been lurking since late 2001. I just started posting after the 2004 election!

[saged52]

52. a compassionate thanks, Steve!

I do read constantly and I love it here. It's my new home within my home. I thank you for all the informative posts - I have no idea what I would do without you! Especially today when I do not know what to do with my rage with this administration. I selfishly feel that the city of New Orleans has been taken away from me. Thank you for the perfect opportunity to vent!

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

55. Not a total newbie...

But upping my post count every day. I read a lot, and post when I feel moved to. DU is a great source of reason in a society that so seems to lack it these last few years. This is a great group of people that I'm happy to be a part of. :)

[Just Me]

56. Consider your presence a "learning" experience.

Then, you will lose nothing and grow a LOT!!!

:hug:

[NFL80]

57. Thank You

Gracias mucho. Estoy alegre estar aquí.

[Glimmer of Hope]

59. Hey - This post is for me!

I have been lurking for awhile and just created my account. I love this board! It is the place to find out what is really going on in this country. Sometimes scary, sometimes frustrating and sometimes funny.

Thank you Steve :)

[political_invader]

72. I agree thanks steve n/t

[applegrove]

67. Welcome adults who really want to discuss the Dem issues.

Welcome :hi:

[political_invader]

69. Maybe a off the wall question.

Myself being a computer Newbie.How do you post pictures here on the boards?

[Blue_In_AK]

70. I (and a lot of other people) use PhotoBucket

You just download your photos there and then copy the link here, and voila -- there's your picture.

[political_invader]

78. Ty ..

Where can I find photo bucket?

[blue northern]

85. Image Hosting

http://www.photobucket.com is one resource used here often.
You do have to register to use it though.

I prefer http://imagevenue.com/
No registration. It goes directly to a page where you can browse your files and upload them to your computer. A few seconds later, voila, copy the web-address from your browser, paste it into your post and put the tags
{img}X{\img}where x= the link to your picture

(substitute brackets for parentheses
in my above example.)
They are on the same keys, just don't hit shift.
I had to post them as {} to demonstrate.

PM me and I'll try to clarify if my instructions were as confusing as I'm afraid they were.









]

[Blue_In_AK]

86. Photobucket.com

Set yourself up with a user name and a password and then just put your photos in there. It'll say "browse" and you can go to "My Pictures" or whatever on your computer, pick the one you want, hit submit (I think -- I'm doing this by memory), and then wait. It'll show up at the bottom with a link underneath it. It's pretty easy --I didn't have too much trouble figuring it out the first time, and I'm not the most computer literate person in the world.

[LordBinkyTheBuffoon]

73. Thank you

Though I'm not overly new, I just haven't felt the need to post until today.

Soon I'll hit 20 posts, woo!

[TahitiNut]

75. Yep. Vampires always love new blood. (We eat our young, too.)

:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[Change has come]

76. this is the only place for news

I've been here since spring 2004. Spend at least an hour a day here and usually alot more. I havn't watched MSM since the election and have found I can't stomach one second of it now. The bonus is I haven't heard **'s voice for almost 10 months!
At the rate I'm going, I'll hit my 1000th post in 2012.

[artemisia1]

77. Thanks. This is the first time I've been welcomed to DU, albeit a

general welcome. I see new members being welcomed on their first or second post and I've gotten to over 130 and half a year without a hello. I think it's my signature line, "A Republic, not an Empire" which, while the title of a RW book whose author I disagree with in nearly everything but the war, is also a valid Democratic sentiment.

[ocd liberal]

79. I'm honored to be here

I too have been lurking forever. Believe me, I would never have gotten through the last election cycle without you wonderful people to remind me I am not alone.

[karlrschneider]

81. That was great! You got a bunch of great folks a bit more outta the

closet! (so to speak)
:D

[VADem11]

87. Thanks

I've been a lurker since before the election but decided to join. It's addicting.

[Oeditpus Rex]

88. I haven't posted in months

The last time I did, I was flamed and called a Freeptroll. (I didn't stick around to read the responses, but was told about them by the friend and long-time DUer who encouraged me to register.)

I've been lurking since Camp Casey sprang up because I needed news and sanity, but I've been loath to post again for fear someone would recognize my s/n and say, "That's the guy!"

But I guess I don't give a flying * about that now. I need news and sanity again.

[political_invader]

92. Wanna bet ..

The one who writes that is the first to bad mouth the republicans the have mores lol get my point? >> Freeptroll >> people are so funny when they have there little clicks.

[political_invader]

90. TY for DU 101 ty all nt

[thebaghwan]

91. Low posts don't mean anything. I am coming up on 1,000 posts yet I was

here on 9/11. My member # is in the 4000's. I just don't always have a lot to say1

[political_invader]

93. ok?

What is a troll?

[BikeWriter]

94. Thanks, Steve, and welcome to DU everyone!

[SeveneightyWhoa]

95. Hey low-post-counters:

Here's a tip.

If you have 3 or less posts, don't come into a thread in which Jimmy Carter's name wasn't mentioned, and start talking about how bad his "25 percent interest rates" were. Jeez, at least wait until you have four posts to do that -- makes it a little less obvious.