Are you a better poster now?

I think I overdid my posts when I first joined as I desperately tried to get attention as I wanted friends (reason I joined the forum!)... Which failed and didn't work as people then deemed me irritating.

Oh wait... Am I much different?

I bleeding well hope so. I feel that some people know who I am and respect me so that is good enough for me.

My posting though varies... I try to stay clear of the Sleeping Forest now as the views that I tend to support happens to be the minority view a lot of the time and so by avoiding posting in it I am not irritating people who want to apply scientific methods to a moral issue. :awesome:

Basically I think your posts get better as you develop a place for yourself in the society of FFF. When you are a noob and nobody loves you then it is a lot harder to get a post that people will recognise... But get a few fans and you don't need to try so hard and end up being loved just for being awesome.
 
When I first started posting on here, I used abbreviations for pretty much every word, since I do that all the time when I text people :monster:

I remember Ceridwen got on to me because she couldn't figure out what in the hell I was saying lol

Overall, I think I've gotten a lot better at posting though. I actually spell out all of my words now, and I normally check my grammar at least once before submitting a response to a topic. I stil have a hard time conveying my thoughts in words though, so I tend to stay out of the debate sections. I've definately come a long way from the noob I was a little over a year ago though =)
 
Argor251 said:
My posting though varies... I try to stay clear of the Sleeping Forest now as the views that I tend to support happens to be the minority view a lot of the time and so by avoiding posting in it I am not irritating people who want to apply scientific methods to a moral issue. :awesome:
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Yeah I'm with you there... I'm usually too scared too go into the debate sections now in case somebody tries to, well, debate with me. o_o And if I do post, I'm very careful to try to word it in such a way that I won't be misunderstood or misread or anything, and I try to keep an open mind in it too so that my post doesn't get attacked. -_- Usually once I've posted in a thread there I won't go back and read the other replies in case somebody has replied to me and I feel tempted to reply back.
 
Um only joined a few months ago and used to be really really shy..

and struggled to fit in with everybody..

But think gained a bit more confidence to hang around and post a bit more..

Still have the odd shy moment, but think gotten better ^_^

Don't know about spelling or grammar but think is doing okay ?


 
I think I am...probably. Tbh, unless you've been banned, suspended multiple times or are one of those people who annoys everyone I don't see how you can't have improved D:
I don't class grammar as improving on a forum, because some people know how to use it but choose not to.

I don't really know though, I was on a staff previous forum for a year and a half so I knew the drills for posting on here...if anything I've probably just become more stubborn. :wacky:
 
I actually commented on how crappy my posts were in the shoutbox just a few minutes ago.
I was searching for good threads and came across a few of my old ones. Pure lol. I sounded like I had a pole rammed up my ass. The sad thing is, I noticed it even then. I guess I was just afraid of sounding unintelligent. Now though, I feel comfortable expressing myself through my posts. I've also, I suppose, sort of taught myself how to be a lot more insightful than I was before. A lot of alone time would do that to a person.

But yeah, I rule now.
 
Nah, I don't think I post better. My grammar and punctuation is horrible and prolly always will be. So I suppose my post still suck so ah well yay for me.
 
Well, i'm fairly new here if I do say so myself but, in other forums that I've been in i'd say that i've improved quite a bit since i'm familiar with how forums work now. When I first started posting in other forums and i'd look back to see my old post I just laugh at myself thinking: "Are you serious?" I would also sound like such an idiot xD asking these stupid questions and putting it in the wrong section etc xD

I have gotten at better posting. I use to tend to write short replies but now, I try to expand and explain myself better =)
 
Back when I was Stella, I remember the fact that I had an annoying habit of over-exaggerating my sentences by putting in ridiculous amounts of exclamation marks or question marks (or both at once) at the end of a sentence. I brought it over from a previous forum and it was just unnecessary and made me sound overly hyper. :wacky:

For example: "This is such awesome news!!!!!!!!!!"

That isn't against the rules at all, but I did realise that I sounded rather immature - so I took on a slightly more formal approach - unless I'm spam-posting in non post count areas or if I'm not generally being serious.
 
I actually think I got worse. I used to be more in-tune with my posts and they were pretty decent in length, but then again that could just be me being a little circutious. Now I can't seem to be arsed anymore - I've gotten lazy. Like this post. Boy do I feel blah about it.

But I guess it also depends. Granted, I haven't been posting in much threads anymore. Unlike a few years ago - I was all over the place, even the RP and GFX section. Every once in awhile I'll get in one of my rare moods though and start reviving good old threads for the sake of memories.
 
Eh, I'm not entirely sure if my posts have gotten better or worse...I tend to see myself in a stasis - I'm completely unaware of any changes I go through in personality and whatnot until someone actually points it out, and then I'm like "What, really?"

I don't think my posts have gotten any worse from what they were when I first joined here...I have perfect (well, near perfect, everyone makes mistakes) spelling, grammar and punctuation built into me, and I try to add some detail into my posts. I suppose if I have any real issue that I haven't overcome, its that I'm probably a tad too serious and formal most of the time...I find it extremely difficult to relax.
 
I'd say my posting habits have always been the same as long as I've been here (for almost a year now). I make sure to put a lot of thought and effort into my posts, even if it is for something small or for spam. I believe my posts in the spam areas of the forum (there aren't that many) are longer and have more effort in them than just "that was cool" or "that was stupid" or "oic wut u did thar".
 
I tend to be rather overelaborate in my language and analysis but its intended for accuracy and in depth interpretation respectively.

Could I tone it down? Yes. Will I?

Hell No.
 
To be honest i have no idea, maybe my posting has changed i haven't really looked at all my posts since i joined. Honestly i don't want to look at them either, for a number of reasons. I still haven't been here long enough so, i can't say whether or not my posts have differed from before.
 
Well considering I've been a mod before, I guess that counts for something.

I don't think it's so much the way I post that has changed though, but rather the person I've become has undergone a drastic change.

I've never really given it much thought since I've always been pretty confident in my ability to communicate. :monster:
 
I'm a far better poster then when i first started roaming boards and such. Over time one begins to understand general rules and applies them to mid without really thinking about it. I remember back at CG i was what you might call a noob troll. I didn't start or pick fights mind you but geez, a horrible poster i was. Glad i got out of it and smartened up.
 
Well I've only been here for a little over a month so saying I've improved here would be impossible. However, seeing as I've been on many different forums in the past, I can safely say I've improved. Almost all forums that I have been to, for the most part, have been the same as far as rules go so I am used to it. I may have a few spelling errors here and there but I can honestly say that my posts are at least decent currently.
 
My posts got much better. When I first joined the forum I treated all posts like they were Facebook comments and I used to spam a lot and never put added to my posts with reasons and thoughts. It's because I used to think that I didn't have much to say but when you put your mind to it, you can always expand on your posts.

Now I put some thought into what I write and try to make my posts flow more.

I'm not too concerned with length, as long as I get my point across in the most succinct way.
 
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