Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I've been a member for over a year, and have posted dozens of times in other's threads. But whenever I start a thread of my own, no one ever sees it. Can someone explain exactly what is going on here?
You still have the handshake icon next to your username, which means you are considered to be a "new user". As you build up karma points by making more comments and getting more upvotes, you can make posts freely. Normally it takes around a week or two if active.
I’m not an expert on this subject. It’s probably stuck under the new tab and some people might only look at the HOT tab. Maybe it’s also the wording used in the title. Same thing happens to my post unless it’s a hot topic. Also I’m thinking the more people that open it up to read pushes it to the top.