The Guide To Efficient Self Propulsion

Welcome to our Social News Site, a wonderful community full of many diverse characters from all over the world, from different walks of life, races and religions. Here you can participate in free speech and thought on the Web. We only ask that you abide by Propellers “TOU� (Terms of Use) and post on “threads� (stories), “comments� (opinions, thoughts or ideas) that are not offensive to members of our community. Here we have the opportunity to network and communicate with people all over the world, no longer limited to mainstream media.

I’m Eagle Eye or EE, after reading one of Propellertalk’s threads I noticed a comment regarding the possibility of adding a female touch to the group. I chirped up and offered some of my estrogen so here is my first attempt at blogging on the net (eagle blushing).

I propel myself here to catch the latest news, science, health, religion or other topics of interest. It could possibly be something different for dinner or just chit chatting with friends over good music. I’ve been around since the site came on line and have witnessed the birth of this community. You will find that we are very unique and different from other sites because we are VERY “Social�. You will also be surprised at our demographics, we are mostly middle aged here (30+), but there are times we act like a bunch of rowdy kids having a good time, (Party!!).

We know there are a lot of people that choose to just read our site. Some just look at us for entertainment and not comment; we welcome every one to try us out. All “Newbie’s� (new member) if you have a question feel free to “post� (make a comment on a thread)� and some one will either answer it or direct you to the place to ask.

Our front page is just our skin, the meat of the site is underneath in the topic categories located on the right hand side that we call “Channels�, just click on your choice. There are many different ways to move around the site besides the home page. Once you have become familiar with how the site operates, posting comments and thoughts you will find like minded people who you can become friends with. You have the choice of adding them as friends also, this way you can stay informed of their activities, comments and postings by visiting their home page.

Propeller is different because it has a full time staff of “Scoutsâ€� (employees that are like reporters or thread monitors, a.k.a. Hall Monitors) that interact with the community. This is one of my favorite things about this site because it keeps it civil and free from spam (unwanted devices to try and sell you stuff) and evil people, lol. They are located at the bottom right of the page, when you put your cursor over their “Avatarâ€� (icon, a.k.a. a picture next to user’s name) you can go to their home page and learn more about them. Also, if you have questions they are the most reliable of sources. The Scouts are managed by “Anchorsâ€�, much like Office Managers do. They are located on the Home Page just above the Scouts and the whole lot of them is managed by the Lead Anchor James Marcus, who BTW (by the way) is an excellent writer.

Profiles are a very important part of our community; this is one of the first things we look at when you post a comment. We are a nosy bunch (at least I am) and want to know what if any thing we share in common, interests, life experiences, etc., basically where you are coming from. I suggest you look at some of our profiles to get a feel of how we express ourselves here and then write your own. If you are like me you will keep tweaking it until satisfied, but it can be changed at any time. Also on your home page you will find the controls under “Participation� to change your settings and Avatar.

An individual’s Avatar says a lot about them and not having a generic one makes you unique. After awhile we can scan a thread and know your comment by your color, outline and other stand out characteristics. I know at times it helps me go directly to my friends comments on a post and who to skip over, lol.

“Voting�, this is done if you like a story and feels it has merit enough to be noticed by other users. You vote by selecting your choice to vote or sink a story on the left hand side of the story line. If you decide later that you don’t like this particular piece or make a mistake there is a “retract� button to click on to with draw your selection.

“Etiquette�, this is very important to us here at Propeller. We try very hard to have intelligent conversations but, just like every community we have our village idiot’s, we like to call them “trolls� or “Sock Puppets�. These are users that are either off their medication or like to disrupt a thread with abusive comments, insulting remarks, or “high jacking� (going totally off topic of discussion). If you should find yourself a target of a troll or feel a comment is inappropriate, please report them by clicking on the ‘Report� button on that comment.

When posting a comment think about how you will sound, WE HATE IT WHEN YOU TYPE IN ALL CAPS that is considered yelling and offensive. Personally I find it hard to read so I skip over it. You can use caps on a WORD for emphasis, but please refrain from shouting on a thread. Also making racist, sexist or bigoted type remarks are unacceptable to the community so just remember before you hit that submit button to be sure this is what you want to say.

There are times that things are posted that we don’t agree with, and there are times things that get posted don’t mean what we think they do. Please, before attacking a poster ask them questions about what they said to make sure you understand it. That creates less grief in the community when posters have spats and long thread fights. That interrupts the flow of the thread and ruins the experience for all users.

Each comment has a row of buttons along the bottom for you to rate that comment: good, bad, block or report. Some times it’s fun to throw a few bread crumbs to the trolls, but in the end you learn not to feed them too much, if they are bothersome to you I suggest you just hit the block button and you will never see that users comment again unless you choose to view it.

There are many different methods of computer short hand since you want to get a lot into a little space, one is the abbreviation of phrases such as “LOL� laugh out loud, “LMAO�; laugh my azz off; “LOLIFOTCAHMA�; laugh out loud I fell of the chair and hurt my azz; and mine is LOLILATF, laugh out loud I lost another tail feather, after time you will learn the abbreviations.

You can also make clever and cute different happy faces with letters and symbols:

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I hope you find this helpful with your start on Propeller and feel free to ask questions, most of the time you will get reasonable and intelligent answers, but don’t believe every thing you read.

Looking forward to seeing you propel yourself on to Propeller ;>