For what it's worth, when I saw you post, I went back and ++'d the top node -- it's now pretty evenly balanced at +17/-14.

For pretty well any gathering of geeks, I would expect newcomers to just hang out, listen and watch what's going on. They should wait until they're comfortable with how things work before starting to post. They should also know that they should also do a lot of reading first. Any newbie should certainly dig around the site and read a couple of the obviously labelled help pages.

If one of the FAQs said something like It's usual and customary to post a node introducing yourself, then the top post would be welcomed and expected. I would say it's more common for people to introduce themselves in the CB, and let their technical knowledge speak for itself in their posts and replies. Talking about yourself is more appropriate on your home node -- if the top post was on the author's home node, none of this discussion would be taking place.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

"Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds

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