FAQs. . . I've been there. . . done that.

The type of newbie that refuses to lurk for even 
48 hours or so is also the type who's not going 
to read a FAQ.

I've been listowner of my Vampyres mailing list 
for eight years or so now, a member for some time 
before that. I remember when we came up with OUR 
wonderful FAQ and Welcome Letter -- both meant to 
discourage unwanted poser newbies who only wanted 
somewhere to endlessly pretend they're actually a 
vampire (usually an obnoxious one), or who wanted 
to rave equally endlessly about Buffy (worse than 
the former). ~_~

It made no difference. No matter how many rewrites
we put it through, how short we made it, how many 
times it was reposted to the list. . . The type 
of person it was REALLY intended for, deleted it 
on sight and interrupted our conversations with 
drivel regardless.

I doubt a FAQ here would make much more of a 
difference. Heck, with some questions we've 
gotten here, it's like that whole menu to the 
side is invisible anyway. . . 9_9;;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac