I have read pretty much every thread on this forum, it's just that sometimes I get paralysis by analysis.
People who are annoyed by this thread should have just ignored it, did I have a misleading title? no, they just come in here to troll, if I don't like a thread, I don't comment in it, they should do the same instead of mutating into a troll.
You miss the point about it. It isn't just a matter of ignoring it if we aren't interested. If it is ignored then it seems as if these threads are a good idea to other new members. Most people signing up and starting as a 'newbie member' have some experience on other forums and so they know what to expect before they post there first post. They understand that unless your asking a specific question about a particular method you're working on, that there is no reason to make a post, and even less reason to start a thread. But the noobs that come on here whos biggest experience online has been with their friends on myspace or facebook, the don't have the same experience. If they see threads like this and the seem to get some results, then they will post the same. Pretty soon every time you go to the home page 90% of the new posts will be like that. And even after they arent on the home page anymore they will be scattered in the forums they were posted in, watering down the real posts that do contain good methods. Like I said even if people give you some advice, it won't be useful in the archives because it will just be random ideas combined together into a single thread.
These posts end up flamed so that if a noob does see it maybe they will be smart enough to figure out that they shouldn't do the same. As long as they stay up, it's hoped that it will be a deterent to keep other noobs from doing the same. The reason you don't see the thousands of these that are started in the forums, is because when they are able to get to them, the mods delete most of them. Usually if the noob is annoying enough they will give them a ban as well. Annoying pretty much being defined by whether he was smart enough to learn that the flaming means what hes doing is wrong.
There is a reason that these kind of threads are prohibited in the Forum Rules. It is a lot of work for the mods to have to sort through and find the ones that need to be deleted. It's right there in the T.O.S. section 3.3 I'm sure you read the Forum Rules, you have to read it before you can make your first post. Surely you aren't one of those noobs that just clicks a button to make the screen go away without at least looking to see what type of behavior might get you banned.
Think of it like being in the real world. Joining a new forum isn't much different than moving into a new town and then going into the bar down the street. You don't get up on the podium and start shouting out for people to help you. You keep a low profile, keep your eyes and ears open, until you have the "lay or the land". Just because we're online it isn't any different.
The noobs just need to understand that opening a new thread is the same as shouting out to the whole bar, posting a reply in a thread is like jumping into the middle of a conversation with people you don't know yet, and PMimg without an invitation is like going over and sitting at a private booth with someone you've never met. Some people are really smart about it and will fit in with the crowd quickly, others are loud and obnoxious and alienate themselves before they have a clue what they're doing.
I'm assuming that since you posted your reply so fast, that you didn't actually go read that
Guide for New Members or if you did you missed the point completely and didn't understand it. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt and assume they aren't trolls. So let's go on the assumption that you just didn't understand it. Go back and read it, the first post explains exactly the types of posts that are most likely to get people to help you, and then other posts in the thread give even more info. This thread was not the right way to get some help. You chose to start a thread that is gauranteed to get you flamed.
So you can continue making troll posts about racism, gangbangs and the like and see how long it takes before you get banned and make a new account and get banned and make a new account, etc. Its just an endless idiot loop, that wastes your time as much as ours. Or just chill for a bit and try getting some real use out of the forum.
And if were all lucky the mods will stumble across this pointless thread soon and delete it.