Why was your first post here?

[Ted S]

I know many of our new memebrs go right to a subforum and post a question never to be heard from again, while those members who start off here tend to be more tied to the community, this of course begs the question -- why did you post here?! So if you first posted in this forum please let us know, what factors caused you to start out here instead of somewhere else?

 

[Sideband]

This may not be what you are after, but my 2nd or 3rd post was here. My first was to a thread that was on a skill I was having trouble with. After seeing so many helpful replies and no bs flames I decided I wanted to stick around to learn more and help others so I wanted to get rid of the message telling me to post here. I didn't feel like a real member seeing that message up there every time I logged on.

Joe

 

[NINman]

I have been here so long I couldn't remember so I voted for the next best thing: "My first post was made before this area existed!"

 

[Queen]

I post on other forums and my understanding is if admin offers an intro area...that is the proper and polite place to start.

 

[miketsp]

The poll is missing an option - I never posted in this forum because a search engine lead me directly to a forum in which I was interested and I registered to participate.
On all my early visits I just used the search option and never even spotted this forum.
Probably my twisted way of doing it differently.

 

[mikswi]

I never posted here, I should have- to introduce myself. But I guess were beyond that by now some 260+ post's later.

 

[Dave in PA]

I posted here because I am new to diving and don't seem to have anything of value to add to any of the discussions yet and all of my questions (including some questions I hadn't thought about asking) have been answered using the search function.

But, look out, I will be asking questions pretty soon!

 

[jsteffen]

Hi!

I am a non-diving spouse of a diver. I am trying to get a better understanding of his diving 'obsession'. I hope my lurking does not offend.

 

[ShakaZulu]

Hi!

I am a non-diving spouse of a diver. I am trying to get a better understanding of his diving 'obsession'. I hope my lurking does not offend.

Spy ALERT!!!!!!!!! - Love this community, members have a good understanding of the subject, and you can definitely learn a lot from hanging around here.

 

[Mako Mark]

My first posts were on a long thread that included someone that was seriously bashing and agency that I know a little about.

I told him to chill out and go diving, turns out he is an exec from a competing agency and he HAS written "a better course" (sic) than the one he was bashing. As a newbie to the board it took me a little time to recover from telling a high priest of diving that he had issuses and should go dive some more.