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first post is for you to win a contest? maybe introduce yourself first. while i'm gonna go vote for you just cause I'm nice, ;P, you should get involved on the forums more before using us to win a contest.
good luck to you!
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The original post has been deleted, but here is the basic info contained in it:
help a fellow roo-goer win himself and his bride-to-be a free photographer for their wedding, which they specifically scheduled around bonnaroo this year! ------------------------------------------------
Post by steveternal on Dec 27, 2008 7:29:33 GMT -5
My wife is a wedding photographer, and so I know how pricey they can get and what a miracle it would be to win a free shoot. Also, your second post was thoughtful and well-composed, both of which are lacking in most people's posts around here. I voted for you. And if you don't end up winning, like I said my wife is also a wedding photographer and we do live in Baltimore...
i think it's pretty awesome that a guy is excited about his wedding and would try to do win a free shoot. my boyfriend wouldnt do anything like that , so i think it's sweet.
I didn't bother reading the website and I don't plan on voting. You seem like one of those users who'll make just a couple more posts and then when the contest ends, you'll completely disappear from the forum.
Well now, he deleted his posts. I guess I was slightly wrong.
Post by GratefulHippie on Dec 27, 2008 14:46:26 GMT -5
does it really matter that much to everyone that he wanted to win a contest for his wedding? really? the internet is so important to you that it's necessary to be overly rude to someone you don't even know?
get over yourselves. it's a website with over six thousand people. find something better to do with your time than worry about a silly contest. if you don't want to vote, don't.
^Actually the point is being couteous and reading the rules of a forum before you start randomly posting. If he had set this up in The Other Tent I would not have had a problem with it.
^^Well, a guy showed up on here and was at first just basically saying how excited he was to get married a week right after bonnaroo. Then it turns out the guy is in a contest to win free pictures at their wedding, and and wanted as many people to vote for him that can. However, I think it seemd like he was newer to forums in general. As soon as someone told him how he should introduce himself first, he did and in a very polite and well composed manner, like steveternal said. Also he apologized for 'disrupting the harmony of the forums' i think was how he put it.
Post by strumntheguitar on Dec 27, 2008 17:00:45 GMT -5
^^^Sounds reasonable enough to me. I mean, it's basically impossible to win those online voting contests without doing something like that. Anybody still have the link and name or whatever so I can check it out?
nah man, don't have a copy of the post....the website was www.stacyrichardsonphotography.com/blog...I think the guys name was...uhh..Jeff i think...wow my memory is especially good today
^ no problem dude. yeah, I voted too. I really hope the guy wins...there were a couple people that were pretty rude to him. somebody (cant remember who cuz they deleted the post) said they wanted to 'bang his wife', along with other rude things, but i especially remember that part. That is prob why the guy deleted his account
^Actually the point is being couteous and reading the rules of a forum before you start randomly posting. If he had set this up in The Other Tent I would not have had a problem with it.
if the point is for HIM to be courteous to YOU, then why the need to be so DIScourteous to HIM? seems a little backwards doesn't it?
why not just say "hey, maybe you should post this in the other tent since this is for music. it might help if you tell us more about yourself since you're so new."
Hey dude,come back! Jeff or whoever you are....if you are lurking and reading this come back! Don't let let some douchey comments run you off. The majority of the people on here are really nice folks.
To everyone else, give the guy a break. I know he posted in the wrong spot but if he is a newcomer and made a mistake then we certainly aren't coming across as a very welcoming forum. Not everyone notices the "General Rules" thread when they first log on. Some people just aren't as hip on forum etiquette as some of you who have racked up a billion posts.
does it really matter that much to everyone that he wanted to win a contest for his wedding? really? the internet is so important to you that it's necessary to be overly rude to someone you don't even know?
get over yourselves. it's a website with over six thousand people. find something better to do with your time than worry about a silly contest. if you don't want to vote, don't.
I am with jenkazoo - big deal - he posted in the wrong forum - I notice posts in the wrong forums all the time - but there is no need to be asswipes about it. PM a mod - tell them it is in the wrong frorum and they will move it.
Seems like he was just trying to do something nice for his bride to be as well as maybe save himself a little money
does it really matter that much to everyone that he wanted to win a contest for his wedding? really? the internet is so important to you that it's necessary to be overly rude to someone you don't even know?
get over yourselves. it's a website with over six thousand people. find something better to do with your time than worry about a silly contest. if you don't want to vote, don't.
^Actually the point is being couteous and reading the rules of a forum before you start randomly posting. If he had set this up in The Other Tent I would not have had a problem with it.
if the point is for HIM to be courteous to YOU, then why the need to be so DIScourteous to HIM? seems a little backwards doesn't it?
why not just say "hey, maybe you should post this in the other tent since this is for music. it might help if you tell us more about yourself since you're so new."
now...that wasn't so hard, was it?
I was not particualry DIScourteous to him with wife banging comments or anything. I DID however make a wrong thread remark and point out there were three people to vote for. I DO expect people to read the rules and use general politeness when posting for the first time on a strange board. I ALSo think capitilizing to get your point across is obnoxious.
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Dec 27, 2008 18:41:48 GMT -5
I wish the link were still around, I tried fat clam's but it didn't work. I would vote for the guy, sure it's in the wrong place but worse things have happened.
And I gave you karma hippie cause you spoke your mind in a forum that isn't always friendly to people going against the current, which is just crazy if you ask me.
Not everyone is intimately familiar with message board etiquette and it sounds as though the guy's post was hardly offensive. I'm with hippie in that you should be willing to extend courtesy if you're going to demand it.