h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

over the 6 months, having plenty time on my hands, i go lurking around h2g2
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and like to see who the newbies are, and some after even 3 or 4 days havent even used the page why
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is it because the blank sheet they see, scares them, as we know the aces send a welcome, but if there is nothing as they see the blank space, they never use them
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a lot have gone to the messageboards, and dont even bother with an intro.
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this might be a daft thing to surjest,but isnt there anyway to have a message on the messaging as the page shows, with the basic
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welcome to h2g2, "in a short time an ace will message you with where and how to get the best from the h2g2".
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i look back and think, if ide been on a pc and not the digi when i joined, and saw the blank space, would i have even stopped myself, being digi, i had nothing else, so i got stuck in from the start.
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my space as things from over the last 5+ years, some that no one will have seen ever, or for a long time.
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the other day i put vampire, a common one,in the search for a friend. there where hundreds, but over 2 thirds where enpty, had they wiped them, or never even started. same with buffy, over half dead.
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we see, new this week, everyday, you look and its mostly empty, or they have a few messages and gone
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its not helping that h2 is at the moment having server and slow times, freezing, and sometimes dead altogether.
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a another stupid surjestion.
is it possible to redirect all the new ones on entering to the "front page" with no exceptions,
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with a link or special message at the top of front page
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"read this page, and find what you want, then enter your new personal space", or something.
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a bit of text makes a lot of difference to a newbie.as we all know, we where all newbies at one time.

Hi Jim

I remember when I first came here, it took a month to work out how to register and another month to work out that I need to put information on my personal page and have to chose a nickname.

Your ideas are very good ones and I hope that they will be taken on board and used.

Hi there hows tricks with you? <./>Jim</.>, I've noticed in your username the end Tag cherries! Well cherries don't have pips but stones, apples have pips and probably many other fruits have pips/stones. By the way your pic of yourself? I don't want to sound to harsh but you look at least 90yrs old, it must be the Bradford air like the wind! Have a glass of Ps I've noticed that too with the newbies whoosh>>they gone!! RE: I'm on digibox Virgin Media (Pace)

Forgot something, I've been here for quite sometime my old PS has gone adrift, and I'm still learning how to use this <./>HooToo</.>
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