[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Members, this long post is not a revolution in technical phone issues, just a long social post. Amusing if you have the time, read it. Otherwise please skip if you are in a hurry. Thank you!

What say Frank!

Hey man, what is all this "Turbo Talk" that is going on around here? Yeah I can look it up with a little more information like make and model number, but since everyone is talking about it, what is the deal on this phone? It is new so it must be better than the Razr, but does it have a bigger screen like a Galaxy or anything like that? Does it sport a great CPU over 1,200MHz, RAM over 1,024Mb, and what kind of storage? How big internal SD, does it come with ext-sdcard? What makes this phone so great? A URL to the phone page would be nice or give make and model for me to look, guys. Give it up!! :confused:

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! No root? You have GOT to be kidding me, right? There has to be root for it, unless the thing in like 6 weeks off the ass'y line. If I get another phone, it gets rooted in the first week, for sure positive.

Frank, that was a real nice thing to say. You are a teacher by profession, yes? You know, I got here a long time ago and when I got here, all you active guys, or most of you, were not here. The place was run by a clique of Senior Members who chatted themselves up constantly, but if a newbie like me dared to ask a question, I might as well tell it to the mountain. Silence. No answer, no reply, no acknowledgment. That was pretty rough, man. This thread, was "An Old Boy Club" and I *hate* old boys clubs. :mad:

I am a techie but that was not working in here. Never studied psychology but dated enough really screwed up women enough to really understand psychology and used it here to get my foot in the door. Since these "braggarts" love to talk about themselves (Fact, everyone does.) and won't talk to anyone new, found a boastful post and commented on how neat that was and what a cool thing you did and how did you do that? :eek:

Yeah, the OP fell for it and of course went on and on about himself and his phone. A couple more of these "praise posts" and I could slip in my own question. THAT got an answer and as time went by, I got a voice in the group. And I was hell bent on changing this lousy closed culture and making newbies feel welcome. That is why I always am nice to newbies and hand out every Thanks token I get. To make people feel good and to make people feel welcome. That oiled up the group, people started talking, answering questions, and I got it to be a little more social in here. Nice.

Then after quite a while, and not that long ago, stargo stopped stopping by, JakeDHS07 stopped helping, and nobody was talking or giving help or build reports. And I depend on these build reports to keep my phone running well. They are a gold mine asset in this thread. So, if nobody else will do it, I started backing up my phone and running my own build reports and gave them a loose format to follow. Others thanked me for it but better yet, they followed my lead and began to realize it is not "The other people" who give the help and run the group, it is US and we make the group what it is. Nobody in here thought that socializing was important, so I naturally make long posts and started to bring social chat into the tech talk. I think that kind of stuff was "unheard of" at the time but people warmed up to it. Especially if I am helping someone or making a newbie feel welcome, I throw some OT stuff into the conversation like what I am watching on TV, how something unrelated is cool, whatever. Just to get people communicating. All those very long, meandering posts that I made annoyed a lot of people at first. Who is this guy and why is he going on, and on, and on, about everything and why can't he post in 7 words and be done with it?! Well, it gave *them* something to talk about, me, and how I "write books". This gave [MENTION=3632330]scottgti[/MENTION] a chance to roast me with his infamous quote: "^^^ shortest [MENTION=4245858]Ohmster[/MENTION] message ever" and he timed it just right, he got the post right under my few word post with up arrows glaring at my "super short post". Then scottgti got an immediate Thanks, like 13 times! I was really upset for all of ten minutes and pretty embarrassed, but I cooled down quickly and realized that scottgti was right,

it was the shortest post ever

and he was not "being mean", he was being funny and it really was funny. And the super Thanks support he got on it showed me how everyone got a good laugh out of it. That "insult but not really post" broke more ice and gave people something to talk about. LOL! :laugh:

But really, I take no credit for running the group but I did have a hand in getting oiled up and running smooth and because we have so many really good people in here, not "just techs", but

really good people

, the thread took off. Now Brian Hughes tells of how he had an ice bucket dumped on his head and blew the only chance he had to record it, another good laugh and people talk and socialize. Now, finally, more and more members are comfortable enough in this thread with all of this socializing that they use their real name to sign a post and are swapping out the cartoon avatars for real pictures of themselves. That says a lot about people, they are comfortable and they are "home". This is good, this is important. ;)

The "secret"? Get people talking in here! It does not matter what you talk about, just say something, say anything for God's sakes. All the Seniors with major experience and great running phones, I want to know how you do it, give us some screenshots please! And they did. Not like they were "holding out" or anything, they just didn't think it relevant to the group to tell how good their phone runs and why. After getting the experienced seniors to give up some of that experience and share with us, the group metamorphosed into what it is today. Not my doing, I claim no credit, it was *everybody* who opened up and contributed by finally talking! Everybody here just needed a little prodding to understand that what they run, how it works, and how they do it really IS interesting and much needed information. Now the thread runs on it's own fuel and that is kind of nice. If things are not happening in here, well then gosh darn it. make it happen! You, and you, and you too. Heh heh, and you two, 2¢. :D

'nough 'bout me. But this is not "a lot of hot air". I just explained how to jump start a dead or slow thread and it is a long, slow process. Now you all know the secret of how to do it. Take this information with you to the next forum you join and if it is not running the way it should, make it run the way it should by the tips we talked about here, today. Thank you Frank. It is nice to hear the kind words. :angel:

*ahem*

...now about this "Turbo". Who is going to tell and show me all about it? :silly: