posted on Jan, 11 2008 @ 03:58 AM
There's nothing like a boilerplate post to help make each new member feel unique and special.
Besides, lurking and participating are not exactly the same.
Lurking involves zero responsibilities.
Participation involves many responsibilities to the membership, ownership, and to all the contributors to the internet, whose work you must properly
quote and cite, and last but not least, the law.
ATS is the most stringent website I belong to or have ever seen.
The habits one might have formed elsewhere, just won't fly here.