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OftenBen  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ignore users newer than X days

    create a self-perpetuating culture among new users

This, in my mind, is the highest calling of the primer page and the tag #newtohubski.

To make the culture and not-reddit-ness of the site immediately apparent, and to connect those new users with one another, in a mutual understanding of 'It's fine if I post, but I have to understand what, and why I'm posting.'

Also 'Why a circle-dot is not an upvote' and 'Why a hubski tag is not a subreddit' but those come second to content.





nowaypablo  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

are the primer pages and noob links immediately imposed on a new user? How do we guarantee they get the message? Maybe this is a question for thenewgreen, hate to tag you I'm sure you've got way too much on your plate right now.

thenewgreen  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    hate to tag you
-No worries, it's a good question. When you joined you should have had a tutorial. That's about what we have at this point. That said, steve is currently in the works on an intro video and we will have links to the primer page at the end of the video.
lil  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think there should be an optional true-false quiz as a link at the bottom of the page next to the link to the tutorial. I'll collect the questions if the multitude want to send them to me.

nowaypablo  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That sounds good, thanks.

kleinbl00  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The problem being: it's been 24 hours, and global has more than its fair share of "I can't find the primer" people.

OftenBen  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'You can lead a horse to knowledge, but you can't make him read.'

kleinbl00  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'so in the meantime, let's keep him out of the carpool lane so the commuters don't turn him into glue.'

I don't know that I've ever mixed a metaphor so fiercely before.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

like a fine blended scotch, Kb.

kleinbl00  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Or a tequila sunrise made with paint thinner and Aunt Jemima.

coffeesp00ns  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

As a sidebar, did you know that Aunt Jemima was a post-Bellum stock character from Minstrel shows, whose structure bears more than a passing resemblance to Commedia Dell'Arte (though turned on its head) which I still haven't written about.

kleinbl00  ·  3814 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just a little bit? I'm losing my touch. And yes, I knew a little about Aunt Jemima's history. What blows me away is what's in it. that makes me throw up a little bit.