Very confused!

[oldfahrt]

I've just joined and I see replies to people on a thread that addresses them by a different name than any poster on that thread has made.Very hard to follow who is in agreement with who when they are known as a different name who I can't see as a postere.

I see people saying that they have been banned yet still are posting. If they are banned then how can they post?

I see Body and Soul (that I thought would be medical problems and maybe spiritual questions) as a free for all topic that rarely has anything to do with medical or spiritual questions and answers and seems a nasty topic to read because of the insults.

I see many comments to chatterbank and I can't find it but would love to chat online now that MSN has stopped the chat facility.

These pink posts I guess are from the mods but they are surveys and I can answer the same and get paid �6 a time and if I have joined a survey site then I have received no money. How long does it take before I get money to reply to a pink post?

There seems to be animosity towards some names and I don't know what they have done but why are they still here if they are troublemakers?

I think I need to know if I am welcome and quite what the rules are.

[B00]

lol, and you're known by what other name then???

[bednobs]

lol i concurr with boo. There is a terms and conditions page if you want to know what the rules are. you dont have to be "welcomed" onto a question and answer site ... just post a question if you have a question, and answer other people's questions if you can and that's it really, no personalities, no welcoming or not, just questions and answers

[society]

Hehe Boo, you're on the button. ☺☺☺☺☺

[oldfahrt]

Actually, I joined the other day and I never knew of this forum before that time. Obviously outsiders are not welcomed so I don't think I will bother staying here.

[ummmm]

How are they not welcomed?

If you put up a post saying 'hello I'm new here' you probably would have been given a very nice welcome.

Try it. Or just join in. People soon recognize your name and are generally very friendly.

Welcome

[jump79]

you are welcome here, but we'd like you more if you changed your name to something more friendly like Rufus or Rupert or liloldman (personally I quite like Rufus)...

oh, and banned people can post by re-registering again under a new name, they just can't use their old userID anymore.