[x] yes

Nah, there's already a page when you login that shows you the main things you should know on jsp, as well as a 30 minutes timer before being able to post/send a PM. If the user is unable to take that time to read what he has to, I don't see how sending him a PM would force him to read something he hasn't taken the time to read a couple minutes before.

[x] Solid no.

[x] No


I just feel like part of being able to be successful is to find things out on your own, they have to get used to d2jsp by clicking around and looking where things are. By forum gold they already see the help and rules section. Don't really need to echo what's already visible.

@Hylia - It's not forcing them to read it - it's going that one step further to show the new members that we want to help them out.

You both don't honestly believe that new members read the rules, stickies etc. - they just want to get straight into posting - having a little PM (looking to dumb down the initial PM) explaining a few things will do them wonders - so far I've noticed 5 new members in the one thread asking the same question -
eg. "How many posts do I need for Signature/Image Posting" "Ah thanks this helped me out too".
But thanks for your opinion anyhow.

Kind regards,

Ben.

This post was edited by Panic on Jun 16 2012 05:10pm

Bump

I like it.

It seems like a good idea, but new users should just read the rules, stickies, guidelines, and help topics. Although a PM might get the users' attention, I suppose voting yes on this would depend on how much faith you have on the new users' ability to do as they're told when they register.

yes

Wonderful idea Ben.

i just luv the idea. yes from me.