[GET] HOW I CREATE POSTS TO SHARE STUFF ON BBHF

[layna61524]

@darkweb: I just saw your post here, so excuse me for not replying before now. I just posted a lengthy reply over on the other thread where you posted your share. I am very happy you have begun to share.

I added MAX REPs several times for that! Keep up the good work and if there is anything you feel I can help you with, just send me a PM.

Especially if they are valuable, you will find that your shares will get a whole lot more VIEWS (from "lookey-sees" who are there to download) versus posts to give you feedback or kind thanks.

It takes some time getting used to; especially if you're "old school" and grew up at a time when manners mattered. It's like many of these people were raised by wolves (but that gives wolves a bad rap).

@All: I (and others here) have posted all kinds of ways to use the search engines to find downloads, so there's no excuse NOT to share. It's a conscious decision.

Even posts to share new mirrors of current or past shares is a contribution.

There are things this forum's leaders can do to curtail access to a lot of the value available in the public forum, to force the hand of leeches to earn their keep.

Instead, they force actions that amp up the level of brain-dead we're already dealing with.

For example, some threads are set up to require long-standing "members" with little reputation to have to post something before the thread becomes "unlocked;" so they can then see it, like the rest of us, and access any links, etc.

Maybe the intention was good. They're trying to get members to engage more by posting to the thread but this seems like a stretch.

What do you expect someone who doesn't contribute value to write in a post? Clearly, they are only there to GET.

I would think posting something like: "Thank you for sharing this. I am adding max reps!" (and then actually following up by adding whatever rep points you can afford for the OP) would be an appropriate action. They will be able to see your reps in their account's User panel stats.

Instead, the very thing you expect of a non-contributing member of a community manifests to sully the forum's reputation.

You find the thread becomes an eye-sore with a long length of posts that all read: Post to Unlock.

Simple instructions go over the heads of some people! Instead of writing an actual post, they type the words of the instruction in their post: "Post to Unlock"

And those who come to the thread afterwards mindlessly repeat that post.

DUH!

It truly amazes me how the forum's leadership seems to embrace mind-numbing and counter-productive efforts that, instead of helping, do more to get in the way of progress.

I don't know who to blame --- but this forum is becoming a train wreck and leeching is just one of its problems.


for reading!
Layna61524

[mthomas]

Post to Unlock......wait wrong thread...LOL!
Thanks for AGAIN posting this as it's a great resource for ALL members, new and old, to learn new ways to find good stuff to share here.

Max Reps sent and have a great weekend too!

[layna61524]

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RE-UP OF ORIGINAL FILE
May 9, 2024
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I was asked to re-up the text document I originally shared two years ago since no one mirrored it and the link is now gone.

HOW I CREATE POSTS TO SHARE ON BBHF

Magic Button :

Code:

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https://www.mediafire.com/file/q3zvoc0gogr5ppu/How+I+Create+Posts+to+Share+on+BBHF.txt/file
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Take what you will from the content. I don't expect anybody to put as much as I do into it but since I've been asked time and again, this is how I do it because I like pretty posts. You can whittle it down to the bare basics --- it's just a step-by-step guide anyone can follow.


for reading!
Layna61524

[sagebeme]

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RE: [GET] HOW I CREATE POSTS TO SHARE STUFF ON BBHF
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Before I continue, thank's so much Layna for the re-up
It feel like I'm writing markdown... lol

anyways I'm re-uping it but using my google docs since it's a txt file

I made it a tad bit more readable for anyone who's not used to seeing markdown code and also removed ZippyShare since the site is no longer active

NB:you'll need to remove the space between the . and com to be .com

Magic Button :

https://docs.google. com/document/d/1cTlV4rJT2WmD3SWWBJ05Wiiun1uAbOVRtHk56ItMs_Y/edit?usp=sharing

[layna61524]

@sagebeme: Thanks for acknowledging my help with this and for the mirror link. I just replied to your PM with a few more tips (I'm sure a few of them were covered in my text doc). They are caveats just to remind you of what NOT to share here, to keep you from getting into hot water with the admins or attracting unwanted comments from some of the more critical folks here.

I am actually looking forward to seeing your shares and watching as you grow your influence in the community and your REP count begins to soar.


for wanting to share!
Layna61524

[Binaryp]

@Layna61524

Thanks for all your valuable contributions to this forum.

I just added a backup for your guide online.

Magic Button :

https://text.is/Y41Z

Will PM you with the edit code to edit yourself if and when you want to update it.

[layna61524]

@Binaryp: Thank you so much for that. I just saw (and replied to) your PM. Can you take a look and let me know what could be the issue causing this on my end? I'm not familiar with that site so I need that question answered.

Believe it or not, I once had a beautiful post with a PDF booklet download showing step-by-step how I create posts...a lot of detail. I lost it on an older HD when my computer went kaput and the entire thread is now missing from BBHF. I occasionally get a request to re-up the PDF but I can't find it anywhere and it's entirely too much information to re-create from the very start. And that's what led me to hashing out the bare bones details in a text document like the one I just shared.

And as the late-great Paul Harvey would say: And that's the rest of the story...


Layna61524