Author Topic: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
Korppi  90 posts
Registered: Apr '09
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Date Posted: 6/17 9:08pm Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
Aww!! Thanks guys!! hugs

 

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KotORBF2Female_Revan  6644 posts
Registered: Feb '09
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Date Posted: 6/18 7:43am Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me.... - Date Edited: 6/18 7:45am (1 edits total) Edited By: KotORBF2Female_Revan
Ello Korppi! And, uh, welcome to da JC...even though you've been here awhile I guess. Anyway, you can call me Revan, Revs, or F_R.

JCC is a place I like to avoid. They're all like WAY older than me, and the men there are kinda perverted. And even though there is a sarcastic side to me, most of the time my sarcasm is the TOS/Rules-violating type, and it doesn't show up often, so don't worry. wink

On other boards, from what I've seen, the WNU'ers and Fanficcers are pretty nice, haha.

Anyway, I <3 animals too! Even though I'm not a vegetarian, haha.

And I say haha a lot. XD

 

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Sith-Lord-Gunray  13916 posts
Title: Moderator Emeritus
Registered: Aug '03
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Date Posted: 6/18 8:44am Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
KotORBF2Female_Revan, consider this a formal invitation to post in the JCC and therefore...get to know the forum. happy

happy


happy

 

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_princess_leia_  13508 posts
Registered: Feb '04
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Date Posted: 6/18 9:41am Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
Contrary to what some would like to say, the JCC is not a horrible place to visit. I would encourage any of you who would like to visit the JCC to do so and drop me a PM if you have questions about anything you experience while you are adjusting to posting in a new forum. If you give it a chance, the JCC can be a great place to joke around and make new friends.

 

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GrandAdmiralJello  60089 posts
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Date Posted: 6/18 2:27pm Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me.... - Date Edited: 6/18 2:29pm (1 edits total) Edited By: GrandAdmiralJello
I spent the first four years on the boards avoiding the JCC like the plague. Then I gave it a shot, and grew to enjoy it. Three years after that, I joined the mod team there and have never looked back.

It's a great place, you just need to get used to the call and response. And if you don't feel that you have to do that sort of thing, then you don't need to: as long as you're articulate and a contributing poster, people will leave you alone.

It's only when people say/do foolish things that people get snapped at. And remember: this is a public board, if you push your own views on others, they'll push back. If you don't want to be pushed, then just don't do either: and people will leave you alone.

There are plenty of other things to do. It's a social board. If you make a slip up or find yourself in an uncomfortable situation, move on. If you let it slide off, others will too. Think of it as self-actualization: whatever you bring to the table is what you'll get. Or, y'know, that cave in ESB. Same thing. Leave your blaster outside, and you'll be fine. Take it with you, and you'll end up fighting ghosts.

 

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Serafine_Tinaste  688 posts
Registered: May '09
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Date Posted: 6/18 3:58pm Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
I actually read the thread containing the incident I think you're referring to. And I completely agree with GrandAdmiralJello in whole 'what you bring to the table' thing. Your first post in the thread could easily be misunderstood as a judgemental new person, which is always a turn-off. I didn't really perceive their responses as personal, but yeah, they could've been nicer. I don't post in JCC, but IRL I have the exact same humor as them - I just have no idea how to break into their clique. tongue But as someone who can understand their jokes, I think the whole ordeal was a miscommunication on both parts.

Despite that, I hope you continue to be active in the forums and find one that suits you. I really like the Star Wars Community and I've found it's a great place to start out, alongside the WNU.

Welcome, Korppi, and I hope you have fun! hugs

 

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harpuah  24380 posts
Registered: Mar '05
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Date Posted: 6/18 5:24pm Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me.... - Date Edited: 6/18 5:27pm (2 edits total) Edited By: harpuah
Here is a post I recently made in comms. It honestly states my perception of things. After the quote, I'll explain why...

harpuah posted:
Personally, I think there should be more diversity in WNU. The whole place is set up like a preschool, and users are treated like fragile little children. That is hardly a constructive way to prepare new users for the rest of the forum.

Perhaps creating more realistic and diverse threads would help with the "culture shock" people experience when they leave WNU.

It's like reading nursery rhymes, and providing nap times to high schoolers in order to prepare them for college... you're setting them up to fail.


I don't think the people who post in WNU are childish, I believe they are treated like children. I really don't see any actual conversation / community building / real life -ish interaction going on here. What I see are new users being babied and growing accustomed to the "gentle" environment here.

As I said, when they venture out into other forums, they are faced with "culture shock," because they are given an unrealistic perception of how people on the internet / these forums are, here in wnu.

We are not thugs over at the JCC, we just enjoy laughing at the things we find funny. We have our own unique sense of humor over there... and really, if you open your mind, you'd see the humor in things. We do not "shut off our brains," we use them.

Some of us have a morbid / sick sense of humor, but that adds to the flavor of the place. The majority of us are college students / graduates... educated people.

No, we do not baby our users... it is not a daycare. It is a place to go and have conversation and a few laughs (yes, sometimes at the expense of others, but really... it's all in fun).

Every single of us was a new user at one point in time.

Just jump in... get a feel for the place. You can't expect to be best friends with people right off the bat... those things take time.

 

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Darth_Guy  54047 posts
Registered: Aug '02
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Date Posted: 6/18 9:37pm Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me.... - Date Edited: 6/18 9:41pm (2 edits total) Edited By: Darth_Guy
GrandAdmiralJello posted:
It's a great place, you just need to get used to the call and response. And if you don't feel that you have to do that sort of thing, then you don't need to: as long as you're articulate and a contributing poster, people will leave you alone.

It's only when people say/do foolish things that people get snapped at. And remember: this is a public board, if you push your own views on others, they'll push back. If you don't want to be pushed, then just don't do either: and people will leave you alone.


Yes. Don't be insulting, antagonistic, or blatantly stupid and you'll be fine. The JCC may seem cliquish in its environment because of the in-jokes, memes, etc., but every forum on the JC has that to an extent; I remember Lit having in-jokes and its own humor as well. Most JCC'ers do not have cliquish attitudes, though. We want more contributors because we enjoy the conversation and banter. We'll accept anyone who's willing to participate constructively. That doesn't mean we'll be "nice" to newcomers. JCC'ers will tease and criticize anyone, even those who have been there for years... including mods and people like me (I've been posting there since about October of 2002).

 

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Rew  1656 posts
Registered: Dec '08
48136_Marvin (42109_
Date Posted: 6/19 8:19am Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
Rew posted:

As one of the guys who PM'd me said, in the JCC "you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." wink



Just for the record, this line (both on my part and the person who originally PM'd me) was a JOKE. Do not take seriously. There is nothing more to see here. angel

GrandAdmiralJello posted:
Or, y'know, that cave in ESB. Same thing. Leave your blaster outside, and you'll be fine. Take it with you, and you'll end up fighting ghosts.


WDNDSWIWNU! angry

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morrison85  8108 posts
Registered: May '05
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Date Posted: 6/21 5:46am Subject: I Don't Feel Very Welcome....And Yay For Me....
That doesnt apply to the WNU tongue

 

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