First thing's first!

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What is the first thing you do when you arrive on a forum?

What is the first thing you do as a brand new member?

What is the first thing you do on a forum you've been at for a while and are showing up for the first time of the day?

 

[Jazzy]

What is the first thing you do when you arrive on a forum?

Set Up my Profile Page - Including Avatar and Signature

What is the first thing you do as a brand new member?

Create an introduction thread.

What is the first thing you do on a forum you've been at for a while and are showing up for the first time of the day?

Check to see if I have PM messages. If not, then I check for new posts.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What is the first thing you do when you arrive on a forum?

Set Up my Profile Page - Including Avatar and Signature

What is the first thing you do as a brand new member?

Create an introduction thread.

What is the first thing you do on a forum you've been at for a while and are showing up for the first time of the day?

Check to see if I have PM messages. If not, then I check for new posts.

Same here, if I see that yellow-ish notification bar up top, I'll click that first and see what's up. Then I'll head to the Today's Posts page and see what's new. ^^

 

[Dee]

I tend not to read the rules, which is what some people would expect. Most forums have relatively similar rules, anyway. I either 1) check and see how many active posts the forum has, or 2) once I've registered, I'll make an intro post.

 

[GoldenBlade]

When I first join a forum, the first thing I do is set up my account (avatar, account info).

When I first log into a forum I'm already a member of, I check for new posts.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think we're all going to have generally the same answer. I wonder if anyone does things differently?

 

[Dee]

I think we're all going to have generally the same answer. I wonder if anyone does things differently?

I know a lot of people who just lurk after signing up and don't actually post. There are way too many people who do that.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think we're all going to have generally the same answer. I wonder if anyone does things differently?

I know a lot of people who just lurk after signing up and don't actually post. There are way too many people who do that.

We'd probably have several hundred users like that by now, I clear out accounts that were never used (have zero posts) from time to time.

 

[Dee]

I think we're all going to have generally the same answer. I wonder if anyone does things differently?

I know a lot of people who just lurk after signing up and don't actually post. There are way too many people who do that.

We'd probably have several hundred users like that by now, I clear out accounts that were never used (have zero posts) from time to time.

I don't understand that. Why take the time to sign up for a forum and never post on it? *shrug*

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I think we're all going to have generally the same answer. I wonder if anyone does things differently?

I know a lot of people who just lurk after signing up and don't actually post. There are way too many people who do that.

We'd probably have several hundred users like that by now, I clear out accounts that were never used (have zero posts) from time to time.

I don't understand that. Why take the time to sign up for a forum and never post on it? *shrug*

Who knows. Its a mystery. You can read everything as a guest in most places, so why bother making account that you're not going to use?

 

[~KAGE-008]

When I first join a forum, the first thing I do is set up my account (avatar, account info).

When I first log into a forum I'm already a member of, I check for new posts.

I do that too. Plus making an introduction thread and (if there's an option available) an interview thread to be interrogated too.
I've been doing that since 2011, when I matured on forum-posting.

 

[Webster]

What is the first thing you do when you arrive on a forum?
What is the first thing you do as a brand new member?
What is the first thing you do on a forum you've been at for a while and are showing up for the first time of the day?

Q1 - Intro thread; introduce yourself to the board. Then set up your forum profile, sig & avatar.
Q2 - Start posting around the forum.
Q3 - Check for new posts/threads.

 

[Nyx]

Even before I join a forum I lurk as an unregistered guest for a few days, read the rules and see what those with staff positions on the site appear to be like. Only when I feel comfortable with a site will I sign up. When I am signed up I change my settings to the way I like them then start posting. I'm highly unlikely to ever make an intro thread and I probably won't add a avatar or sig for a few days either. I'm weird when it comes to these things.