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[Tokyo Rose]

are you allowed to swear in your signature?

[jacksloststepkid]

Please take a look at the forum rules Jay wrote up posted here:

lostpodcast.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=ss&action=display&n=1&thread=4312&page=1#1133709456

And in case you miss it, if it ain't cool to hear it on the TV show, it's not cool here, so I'd mod your little extra sig there.

JLSK (mod)

[lostgirl69]

Thanks for the info

[jpalmetto2]

Hey just wanted to say thanks for that post... it's definitely really good for newbies like myself

[fartim145]

Thanks so much for the posts guys. I am new to this whole forum thing and i wanna get into it. can someone explain some basics to me? thanks!

[jacksloststepkid]

Is there anything specific you need to know more about? The basics are you should probably read the forum rules posted by Jay - stickied at the top of every section. That is more about what kind of content is ok, etc. The first post in this thread goes into how to actually do things when you post, like include images, etc.

Welcome to the forums, jump on in and enjoy!

JLSK

[fartim145]

nice thanks for your help JLSK

[sahmiam]

What does the Karma tally mean?

[jacksloststepkid]

Here is the section from the first post:

Karma:

You cannot see who is smiting or exalting you. It is simply a fun thing they have on here to give you kind of a "friendly" rating. It goes up and down as people click on one or another (and you can't just click them over and over again to get somebody's rating up, it only allows one click every hour). Don't worry too much about it. If you will notice most people with low post counts have fewer than 4 or 5 Karma points all over the board. I stayed at 1 through my first 15 or so posts even and I am really not that far above that now. Even the highest ones on here aren't really that high compared to post counts.

I can tell you that whining about the points, threatening revenge for smiting, saying offensive things, flaming, being cruel, or otherwise being a negative or nasty person will get you smited rather fast. Being a cool person and just saying what's on your mind, while maintaining a pleasant attitude, and being helpful seems to get people exalted. This is not an exact science though and sometimes it doesn't always work the way you think. The best thing I can say about it is just don't worry about it.

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[sahmiam]

Thanks for the info!

[tomfromminnesota]

I've seen several remarks about entries being "really long" and I'm wondering if it's okay to post something that's quite long, like an 8-page essay, (about 2500 words). But it's good. I think. tfmn

[PogsKlinc]

I'm pretty sure it's fine, but it seems that members don't want to read something really long.

[tomfromminnesota]

Thanks, Pogs; I just looked over at the HEMA theory, which is about 2000 words longer, so I must be in okay territory.--cheers tfmn

[lijames]

How do you adjust the size of your pictures in your sig. I know how to do it in regular html??? Any help would be great.

[jacksloststepkid]

you need to resize it to be the right size to begin with in an image editor.