What is a lurker, a newbie, a dino, and a troll?
A lurker is someone who reads alt.fan.dragonlance, but rarely posts (if at all). It’s good netiquette to lurk if you are new to the group, so you can get a feel for the group and learn some basics. It’s poor netiqutte to delurk with an inflammatory post (or flame). A newbie is someone who is new to alt.fan.dragonlance, and posts fairly often. Newbies should read the FAQ before posting. Some do, some don’t. There’s no reason to flame a newbie if they haven’t, but occasionally it happens. Don’t sweat it. A dino is an old regular of alt.fan.dragonlance, who has been on for quite some time. Most have what’s considered “attitude”, but realize that it is mostly experience from being on the newsgroup for so long. Dinos have been through good times and bad, and have seen virtually every question imaginable. Humour them in their old age. Trolls are people who post on the newsgroup simply to piss people off. They say stupid, offensive and hurtful things to either the entire group, or to specific
