I signed up a few years back then left, slightly intimidated by the community (though I enjoyed reading the Sequences and discovered HPMOR through this site, which I then recommended to friends).
I also held back on posting from thinking regs would tire of rehashing old-to-them, new-to-me topics. The reason I just recently came back was from showing HPMOR to my boyfriend. I think a newbie thread would bring out some lurkers and help people better integrate into the community.
This thread made me sign up because it is a big enough sign that you apparently care about new people—you’re willing to go to that length to get people to sign up, so I’ll guess I could create an account. Maybe that ought to lower the barrier for me to participate.
I signed up a few years back then left, slightly intimidated by the community (though I enjoyed reading the Sequences and discovered HPMOR through this site, which I then recommended to friends).
I also held back on posting from thinking regs would tire of rehashing old-to-them, new-to-me topics. The reason I just recently came back was from showing HPMOR to my boyfriend. I think a newbie thread would bring out some lurkers and help people better integrate into the community.
Great idea. :)
Okay, here is the Welcome Thread.
This thread made me sign up because it is a big enough sign that you apparently care about new people—you’re willing to go to that length to get people to sign up, so I’ll guess I could create an account. Maybe that ought to lower the barrier for me to participate.