Who are the newbies?

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I've only been on mn for a few months - August I think it was. Who else is a newbie? It's hard to tell from posts who is new and who is 'old'! Also, do any other newbies find

1 you can kill a thread stone dead with one flash of your nickname?

2 your threads fall off the active convos at an alarming rate

3 you spend ages thinking of something incredibly witty to say and no-one notices?

only joking really, love mn, am an addict!

Hi All, what a nice thread!

I've been lurking on mumsnet since I first got pregnant, about a year and a half ago, but only started posting this summer so am definitely a "newbie".

Shall we start a clique of new people and moan about how things have gone downhill since the grand old days of September 2006?

PS I am usually MissGolightly - this is my Christmas costume for December.

So I found it, and posted on it, I will be hated for ever more now but I had to be honest. It's such a shame there is a divide on what should be a haven for all mums!!!!

like what you put jam.

What going on then? I thought this was a nice thread, which other one, why, what, where, when ????

j/k cant be bothered with it tbh

Thanks Dizzy

Yeah I lurk on a few other parenting sites but MN is my fave because it's so big, any nastiness doesn't stick around for long.

Pssst What/where exactly IS Active Convos?

I'm another newbie. I lurked for about a year before first posting 5 months ago or so. I thought I was the kiss of death for threads for the first month or so (please don't let me kill this one...) and thought of changing my name to "guaranteedtoendallthreads" or something. I have mostly found MN pretty welcoming though. I'm surprised to find that some people on this thread are new, as I have seen a lot of you around before.

active conversations.. click on all topics and you get all the most recent threads.

HI Stocking - it's a thread that people are chatting on at that moment, like this one
am off for a while now folks - will pop back later!!!

Plibble: you haven't killed it!

Dinosaurs: Active convos = 'active conversations' (at the top).

in the grey box at the top, under 'home'

Oops! You all beat me...

LOL I've been staring at it for 5minutes and finally found it! How useful, I always wondered how Cod managed to get in every thread I posted on - thought she was stalking me.

Perhaps she is

Regarding being new/old - I think there's always a pecking order from old to new, in every aspect of life, which I am quite happy with.

You don't expect to be top dog in your first day in a new job, you have to build your alliances slowly and at first you are working out the rules and how everyone behaves. Well it is the same with MN I suppose. I seem to have made it an obsession over the past few months to follow the leaders and try to fit in .

I would like to say that we owe the clique-ier members a huge vote of thanks, because I really enjoy reading their witty comments and insights. I think it is them that have made MN what it is today, and I don't get offended if I am ignored, I just think that in time I will become more confident to get it right rather than wrong.

Does that make any sense or I am just waffling incomprehensibly?

I see it the same way WhenSanta..., except I don't really try and 'follow' anyone.

Far too arrogant.

I just post on topics that interest me and on which I feel I've a valid point to make.

hello i'm new too, only been on about 4 weeks, posted on a couple threads but haven't started any yet. (grin) Its nice to meet fellow new people!

I am a newbie, lurked for about a year but posted for the first time this week

Wny didn't my grin come up, try again [smile}

i am such a flid, third time lucky

hurray i've got the hang of it now

Keep trying Snig!!!! Those pesky brackets!!

HI rachfan