"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"

Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."

You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.

She's been waiting forty minutes.

Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.

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Please limit newcomer numbers.

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I've found that the forum join rate is growing phenomenally and it really stresses me and others out as being one of the top voices in the High School forum to get quite so many PMs and IMs asking for help and such. I love to help out, but not in such phenomenally high numbers. It's a bit too much for me, and I speak on many members behalves here. The board that grows fastest is the HS forum, as the social structres change and more people seek advice from the internet, as friends at that age are not helpful.

So this is what I propose: take the average number of newbies, and document it. Let's say it's 10 per day. I propose you take the average number of signups, and cut it in half (5). That is how many people are allowed to register daily. Or maybe 2/3 (7) of the average.

This won't overload bandwidth with repetitive questions, it will make moderator's job easier, less spammers, less likely banned people to come back, and increased productivity. Mr. Thompson, if you invest time and money into the forum as you do, I'm sure you'll notice it will be an improvement, and a big one at that.

Thank you for reading, and I hope you'll consider this to an extent.
 

"She Liked You in March. It's October Now."

Attraction runs on a clock.

She flirted for weeks. Touched your arm. Found reasons to be alone with you. And you were careful. Respectful. Waiting for the right moment.

The moment had a shelf life. It expired around month two, and by the time you asked her out, she'd quietly filed you under "little brother."

One of the hardest lessons inside the 22 Rules: women rarely wait. Interest either grows or it decays, and nothing decays it faster than a man who never moves.

Make the move while she's still inventing reasons to be near you.

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I suppose you all are so stunned by my idea that you did not reply?

Seriously. I'd like some opinions on this.
 
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Ya, something like that, or just make it so they can only post x amount of times or send x amount of private messages every week or something along those lines.
 
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Originally posted by whatsupwiddat
I suppose you all are so stunned by my idea that you did not reply?

Seriously. I'd like some opinions on this.
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Shock and awe, baby.

But no. It's not gonna happen. Or I seriously doubt it will happen.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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"Mind telling me why?"

Maybe if you're so "stressed out" a more effective way to limit the amount of people asking you questions would be to stop saying things like this...

- "Anyone who wants my help can IM me or PM me anytime they please... Come on newbies, throw me your questions!"

" [I am one of the] top voices in the High School forum"

- "Thanks for those of you who posted, PMed and emailed. It was greatly appreciated and I have a treat for all of you!"

- "I have decided that it's time to make the greatest post EVER."

Maybe, WUWD, if you stopped trying to promote yourself as some sort of master who has the ability to solve every problem known to high-schoolers, your problem would magically disappear. The fact is, if you could solve these problems, the amount of registered users at the high school forum wouldn't be growing exponentially, but decreasing.

Sorry to come down so hard, but I'm just tired of seeing countless self-promoting posts, posts about how you're smarter than "the masses", that a counsellor has told you that you are "one brick short of brilliancy", and how people who disagree with you should "stay quiet" if they have "any pride and/or common sense".

- De La
 
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Re: "Mind telling me why?"

Originally posted by De La Soul

Maybe, WUWD, if you stopped trying to promote yourself as some sort of master who has the ability to solve every problem known to high-schoolers, your problem would magically disappear- De La
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You-mouth-the-took-right-out-of-my-words...:eek:

The Edge ' Some have it, and some don't '
 

"She Made Her Decision Before You Finished Your Sentence"

Three seconds. That's how long it took. Your shoes. Your posture. The way you held your drink. Whether you looked at the floor or looked at her.

She already filed you away. Interesting. Boring. Safe. Bold. Before you even opened your mouth.

Everything you say after that is just her confirming what she already decided.

So stop rehearsing lines. Fix the first three seconds. Stand tall. Look up. Smile like you mean it. Walk like you belong wherever you're standing.

The words come later. The impression comes first.

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Re: "Mind telling me why?"

Originally posted by De La Soul
Maybe if you're so "stressed out" a more effective way to limit the amount of people asking you questions would be to stop saying things like this...

- "Anyone who wants my help can IM me or PM me anytime they please... Come on newbies, throw me your questions!"

" [I am one of the] top voices in the High School forum"

- "Thanks for those of you who posted, PMed and emailed. It was greatly appreciated and I have a treat for all of you!"

- "I have decided that it's time to make the greatest post EVER."

Maybe, WUWD, if you stopped trying to promote yourself as some sort of master who has the ability to solve every problem known to high-schoolers, your problem would magically disappear. The fact is, if you could solve these problems, the amount of registered users at the high school forum wouldn't be growing exponentially, but decreasing.

Sorry to come down so hard, but I'm just tired of seeing countless self-promoting posts, posts about how you're smarter than "the masses", that a counsellor has told you that you are "one brick short of brilliancy", and how people who disagree with you should "stay quiet" if they have "any pride and/or common sense".

- De La
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Good idea.
 
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Re: "Mind telling me why?"

Originally posted by De La Soul
Maybe if you're so "stressed out" a more effective way to limit the amount of people asking you questions would be to stop saying things like this...

- "Anyone who wants my help can IM me or PM me anytime they please... Come on newbies, throw me your questions!"

" [I am one of the] top voices in the High School forum"

- "Thanks for those of you who posted, PMed and emailed. It was greatly appreciated and I have a treat for all of you!"

- "I have decided that it's time to make the greatest post EVER."

Maybe, WUWD, if you stopped trying to promote yourself as some sort of master who has the ability to solve every problem known to high-schoolers, your problem would magically disappear. The fact is, if you could solve these problems, the amount of registered users at the high school forum wouldn't be growing exponentially, but decreasing.

Sorry to come down so hard, but I'm just tired of seeing countless self-promoting posts, posts about how you're smarter than "the masses", that a counsellor has told you that you are "one brick short of brilliancy", and how people who disagree with you should "stay quiet" if they have "any pride and/or common sense".

- De La
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exactly
 
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Ahh, being the learned individual in programming I am :) (not really)

I have a suggestion.


How about when a Newbie makes a post, if the title contains certain phrases like "How long do I wait" or "What do I do if I like" etc, then the phrase is entered into the search box, then searched on sossuave, after that, the noob gets a list of all the matching topics alredy posted.

They then have the option of going through posts which are already made and finding the answer, or they can choose to submit their post anyway (in case they didnt find anything that helped).

You can keep tabs on Newbies by sending them cookies to check and see which parts of teh bible they have viewed, so in case they ask a quaetin abouta part they havent viewed, a little messege can direct them to that section :)

But thats of course if you want to go to the trouble of writing code for all of that, personally I dont mind things the way they are.
 
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