Attention Displaced Rand Fans from the DP

[mosquitobite]

I tried the DP once, had the same reaction.

Ditto. DP format never did make sense to me!

 

[Unknownuser]

Hi, Unknownuser. I am Habit4ming at the DP and Habit4ming here at RPForum. I've been a member here for several years, but like you, posted more at DP due to its user-friendly layout. I'm not sure how much I can help as the election nears (my health took a nosedive), but I can pass on info and can donate some FRNs. I think Rand as POTUS is our best bet to begin turning this country back around, hopefully avoiding violent revolution.

Good to see you on "the other side"! We all do what we can! You just need to focus on getting better...you won't do us any good if you are not healthy.

 

[Unknownuser]

While there are a few "Rand-skeptics" here on the forums, most them at least recognize that Rand's the best thing we've got going at the national level at the moment. I'll be surprised if all but 1 or 2 don't ultimately support his '16 run.

Also, things run pretty smoothly around here. I've always appreciated that this site needs minimal moderator intervention to work well - I'm not sure why some of you think we need closer monitoring.

Last of all, welcome to the site, Unknownuser! We usually have a good old time around here. If you're confused about the format, feel free to ask anything. A brief guide to help: if you click the "Top News" button at the top of the site, you'll get the frontpage section which has stories the mods think are interesting or important on the right and a column showing the newest posts in the most active sections of the Forums on the left. I usually use it exclusively since I can keep track of all the latest posts across several sections from there. If you click on the "Liberty Forums" button up at the top, you'll be taken to the root menu of ALL the forums on the site, most of which are self-explanatory.

Thanks! This is helpful!

 

[mosquitobite]

The only button I ever use is just under the Liberty Forum banner and is "New Posts"

 

[CaseyJones]

The only button I ever use is just under the Liberty Forum banner and is "New Posts"

and also right under New Posts is New Posts : Liberty Topics, which filters out most of the non political noise

Welcome To The Forums

 

[mosquitobite]

and also right under New Posts is New Posts : Liberty Topics, which filters out most of the non political noise

I like all the noise

 

[Unknownuser]

and also right under New Posts is New Posts : Liberty Topics, which filters out most of the non political noise

Welcome To The Forums

Thanks! This is great! I can see how one would get lost here but the new post and new post liberty buttons come in handy.

 

[Origanalist]

I like all the noise

 

[Unknownuser]

Is there a way to see when someone has replied to your replies or posts without scrolling through the post? Also, can you pm other users here?

 

[Origanalist]

Is there a way to see when someone has replied to your replies or posts without scrolling through the post? Also, can you pm other users here?

If you click on someones name it gives you options for pm,ing them. I don't know about seeing the replies without scrolling through.

 

[CaseyJones]

Is there a way to see when someone has replied to your replies or posts without scrolling through the post? Also, can you pm other users here?

sadly no on the replies and as far as PMing someone yes just click on their name on a post and go to their profile and you will see a link to PM them

 

[Unknownuser]

sadly no on the replies and as far as PMing someone yes just click on their name on a post and go to their profile and you will see a link to PM them

So it must be kind of hard to keep at a discussion when one has to scroll through many pages. Or am I missing something? Sorry, I'm just trying to get familiar with this format.

 

[jct74]

and also right under New Posts is New Posts : Liberty Topics, which filters out most of the non political noise

Welcome To The Forums

I don't use the "New Posts: Liberty Topics" button because it filters out too much good information for my tastes. What I do and a lot of other people do is use a modified New Posts link to filter out the forums that I don't want to see. Religion is the only forum I filter out because there is too much posting about it and I'm not interested in reading about it at all, so I save this link in my bookmarks and never have to see any Religion threads in New Posts.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/search.php?do=getnew&exclude=213



There is more information on how to customize New Posts here:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-RPFs.com-how-to-get-the-most-from-the-forums



Welcome to the forums Unknownuser.

 

[William Tell]

Is there a way to see when someone has replied to your replies or posts without scrolling through the post? Also, can you pm other users here?

Yes, when you make a thread or post in one, it is added to your 'subscriptions' click on your profile, and you will see your subscription button.

 

[jbauer]

I am so confused about the format of this forum. I'm not sure I'm "doing it" right. Lol! Boy this is going to take some getting used to.

Really, I found the DP hard to figure out (since its more like a blog) then this here. This functions in everyway like a normal internet forum. But you'll like it here.

Oh, and on kicking out the Rand folks. What is he gonna do when Ron either quits or dies. Seems like a shortsighted business plan to me.

 

[CPUd]

So it must be kind of hard to keep at a discussion when one has to scroll through many pages. Or am I missing something? Sorry, I'm just trying to get familiar with this format.

Somewhere in your user settings, you can increase the number of posts that appear per page up to 40.

here:
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/profile.php?do=editoptions

 

[Origanalist]

So it must be kind of hard to keep at a discussion when one has to scroll through many pages. Or am I missing something? Sorry, I'm just trying to get familiar with this format.

When there is more than one page in a thread just go to the last page.

 

[jbauer]

We've all seen the Rand bashing here - "his hair is funny" - "he's too short" - "I don't like the way he worded this one thing, even though I like his vote on it"

I don't think it's heavily moderated, it just kind of takes care of itself by allowing the discussions to play out.
I haven't seen anything toooooo negative that I thought was ban-worthy.

In fairness is hair is really F'ing goofy. But its the heart of man that makes or breaks him so I frankly don't care but I know that some will especially when you get outside of the 1% or so that give a damn about politics at this stage in an election.

 

[CaseyJones]

When there is more than one page in a thread just go to the last page.

also if you click on the number of posts on a thread it pops up a window with who posted and how many times they posted, clicking on the number next to a name opens a page with just those posts and then you can just say go to your last post and read from there

 

[jct74]

Yes, when you make a thread or post in one, it is added to your 'subscriptions' click on your profile, and you will see your subscription button.

only if you have the option set to automatically subscribe though. You can turn it on and off, not sure what the default setting is or what Unknownuser's setting is. To turn it on go to Settings --> General Settings --> Default Thread Subscription Mode = Through my control panel only.

you can also individually subscribe to any thread by going to Thread Tools --> Subscribe to this Thread