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Re: How to get newbies to read the "Read this first"
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DIR By: The Slithy Tove
Date: October 2, 2024, 2:42 am
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I think the only thing to do is to politely encourage posters to
read the README thread when they first post. All it needs is to
have some pre-written text along with a link to the thread, that
can simply be posted as a response to the OP's first post. Keep
it helpful and polite, saying that the best advice will be
forthcoming if they follow what it says. We all know that there
will still be plenty of people who won't do so, will drip-feed
information, will precis (inaccurately) the correspondence sent
to them rather than posting it up, will provide half stories
with confusing and inconsistent timelines, and so on. That will
always happen. Remember that not everyone is able to think
through things logically and methodically, or even type in
exactly the words they see in front of them on a form - even
when asked to. That's life!
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Re: How to get newbies to read the "Read this first"
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DIR By: mickR
Date: October 2, 2024, 12:38 pm
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--- Quote from: Southpaw82 link ---
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> [quote author=mickR link=topic=3310.msg39068#msg39068
date=1727800771]
> hence my question as to any way it can be written into the
first post of a thread so it can't be missed.
>
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You mean after they’ve posted (and already missed it)?
[/quote]
lol no, I meant when they first open the page to post. so they
can't miss it.
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Re: How to get newbies to read the "Read this first"
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DIR By: mickR
Date: November 6, 2024, 12:25 pm
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it would appear that many newbies are using a mobile to access
the forum. I don't doubt many members are doing the same.
it's been mentioned to me that when selecting the correct forum
to start a new thread. the "new topic" button is easily seen but
the "Read this first" sticky is not visible unless you start
scrolling up. people starting a new topic aren't likely to do
this.
maybe the relevant sticky can be moved to the top of the
"important topics" list so it at least appears on the screen and
maybe highlighted in a contrasting colour.
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Re: How to get newbies to read the "Read this first"
sticky
DIR By: ivanleo
Date: November 11, 2024, 11:40 am
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On the council forum I've made it the only sticky topic, that's
the best I can do.
At the end of the day it's a fact of life that many people won't
read it, but even if 50% of posters read some of it and follow
some of the guidance, that's a much better position than not
having one at all. For a long time on pepipoo we ended up with
individual posters having to cover the applicable bits of the
"read me first" guidance in individual posts on each thread,
which was hugely inefficient, at least now we only need to give
people the link and tell them to go and read it.
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