Why was my thread locked?

[Archon_Turtle]

Originally Posted by Katie

See, that's what I'm talking about. Offhand comments that anyone new is young or whatever. And yes, we should as veteran members be understanding of new fan's questions or the fact that they might not have read Mirage books or whatever. We should not jump down their throats if they post a new thread on a topic that has been covered in a thread that's been dead awhile. And we should be willing to answer questions nicely without being condescending or snobbish. A lot of that group does act that way.

I'm not a part of the group and reckon I would not be allowed to join. Just telling you how it looks to someone not in your group.

I think we are talking about two different things. You seem to be focused on the veteran conduct on the forum, and I am talking about the facebook group. Two totally different issues.

I agree that there sometimes is a degree of overreaction when it comes to new people breaking the rules or having poor internet etiquette on the forum. Which is almost exclusively when you find new people getting their throats jumped down. Vets don't usually RANDOMLY attack a new person, they tend to do it when the person joins with the soul purpose of promoting a product, or when they try to sell something before their post count allows it, or when they flood a subsection with threads etc. Very seldom do you see someone attacked simply for being new. But as I said, I agree that the vets don't use kid gloves when interacting with new people as often as they should.

However; the facebook group cannot be judged by any of these standards. It exists outside of thetechnodrome.com and is in no capacity an official construct. The fact that the people there are from this site is neither here nor there. It would be like if I invited friends that I knew from a coffee shop over to my house, and then got mad at them for not wanting to buy coffee from me.