Welcome!

[dennyjones]

I saw this in another forum and it says it all about coming to a forum.

Think for a moment about these different situations:

1. You are in your house, sitting in front of your pc (what else is there?). You are browsing the TST forum when someone you have never seen before enters your house without knocking (introducing themselves). The first thing this person says is: Can I borrow this CD from you?

(How would you answer that? This person is a stranger.)

2. 10 minutes latter, you are watching your favorite TV show. The same person enters the room and immediately switches your TV to another channel, without even asking you.

3. You are getting very tired of this person. And 5 minutes latter this same person lights up a cigarette in the living room. Your forbid smoking inside the house, yet this person disrespects you in this way.

Extremely irritating behavior, would you not agree?

Well, these very situations happen here at TST everyday.

You don't think so? Think again....

1 - A member never bothering to introduce themselves
2 - A member not bothering to read the house rules
3 - A member's first post is a request, again without introducing themselves as a courtesy.

This may be a virtual forum, but the people here are real and they get offended or irritated as in any other real world situation, and so the same social rules apply.

Respect the others and follow the house rules, because this is not your personal private playground.

This place is maintained at the effort and dedication of one of the best bunch of people willing to help others you will ever find!

I have been here for a little while now and I can tell you that if you follow the rules (there aren't that many of them!!!) you will love to be here.

This is just advice, but advice that may make your stay a much better experience.

[iacas]

I don't necessarily mind if people don't "introduce" themselves per se, but it is grating occasionally to have members come on and immediately post a Member Swing topic and nothing else. Or to post a topic without searching and finding five other topics that are basically the same.