You go girl!lol. I have been here well over a year now. I have only told a handful of people that they could not post.lmao! I AM JOKING.lol. All kidding aside...this is a community discussion board and is there for all to use.

yes everyone is welcome here!!

it's called daily strength. That's what people come here for.

Pfftt...I would have liked someone try to tell ME I couldn't post when I was new...we woulda been dancin', let me tell ya......and they wouldn't have liked the way I lead that dance!

But really, if you're new and have something to get out, or have something to share or add....then by all means do so! This is your site too...

Thanks for putting this up zazasgranny!

thank you for your comments, I feel it's pretty bad when we not only ignore the new people, but then chastise them as well. Oh, and for the record, we don't ignore you on purpose, may miss your signing in but are always ready to welcome you. We have many many members signing in on a regular basis, so don't take it to heart.

Great post and so true too hon xox lexi

Amen sister!

And I think we all have the right to post here, get help here and help one another here.

Please if your new don't feel scared of us we don't ALL bite. :)

Also if your new write a post saying hey I am new or intro just something many will reply to it.

HUGS to you all.

Fear not the unknown but what we know.

Yeah that is totally bullshit....no one here is any better than another...I don't care HOW long someone has been a member here....that makes no difference.

Thankfully I have never had anyone tell me I couldn't post for certain reasons...I would have told them to get bent.

I do know there are some people afraid to post certain things about themselves or their thoughts on things for fear of repercussion. I have never been one...I don't give a rats ass what anyone thinks of me or anything about me.....I am not here for a popularity contest.

ZG...you said this:

"This is a community discussion board, and when you sign in, you are a member according to DS rules."

You said it perfectly.....thank you!

ok,now that I thought about it, I have seen folks suggest that new comers read old post to get the feel of the board...........but that is different than telling them they have not been here long enough to be able to post.

Yes that is very different ZG.....like the thing WV put up yesterday...I thought that was a wonderful thing to do for the new people.

I'm not always sure about posting... I've got to know a few people through messages and such like though. I just don't want to say the wrong thing, or offend anyone, really.

Oh, I did too Kaino, WV did a good job with that. I know when I first got here, I didn't know how to do anything. And lexi, enlightened, thanks for sharing. Love the saying enlightened.

I do think sometimes comments are taken out of context. So often, people with depression are self conscious and can take a little comment and make it into so much more than it was intended to be. For instance, if someone tells me that I should take a step back and look around a bit before i get too involved, it might just be meant as helpful advice. But to me it may sound as if someone is telling me I don't know what i am talking about.

Also - for the newcomers, you may not realize that we don't get any kind of "notice" when new people sign on. I wish we did sometimes but, as was said, there are just too many people here. Also know so many of us have trust issues - so it's not personal but we need a little time to know we can trust you in many cases.

Thanks for the post zaza - you rock! xx

Thank you everyone. Hard thing about it (DS thing) is the ONLY way to 'promote' the group to newcomers is word of mouth and in threads like this. It is not a clickable link in PMs or Hugs. I hope you don't mind, but for newcomers reading this thread, .. here it is:

http://dailystrength.org/groups/new-to-ds

Andante I was the same way .... I am shy and reserved anyways so I posted on a few threads read alot and got to know people before jumping in with both feet.... But dont we do that in RL ,,,, Dont we test the waters so to speak around new people, before we show all of ourselves .... Hell some of you know more about me that my own best friend