Why not write an "About me"!?

[VWatchie]

What I really appreciate is when members take the time to introduce themselves on the "About me" tab of their profile. All you need to do to write an "About Me" is to follow these steps:

1. click on your member name at the top right of the page.

 

2. then click on "Account Settings".

 

3. click on "Edit Profile".

 

4. Scroll down the page until you see...

 

5. ... "About Me" Now all you have to do is write something about yourself and then click the "Save" button. You can always go back and update when you wish to change something.

Now other members can click on your icon or name anytime, anywhere, and get some information about you, which is both nice and useful. For example, you can tell others that you are a beginner, which allows other members to customise their answers for you. And once you've warmed up, just update the "About me" section.

If I could make a wish, I would like all members to write an "About Me"! 

 

[RichardHarris123]

I agree, skill level and location would be really helpful.  I think an introduction should be compulsory. 

[oldhippy]

Sounds good but I don't agree. Giving so much info will put people off and people at times can hatch things up. 

[JohnR725]

2 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Sounds good but I don't agree. Giving so much info will put people off and people at times can hatch things up. 

sometimes the English language can be a bit confusing like I'm not sure the meaning of  hatch things up? but skipping over that I'm in 100% agreement with this. Typically all I really would care about is skill set and I like to know where people live but I don't need an exact address country is fine.

Then yes we get a interesting problem of putting people off or maybe people just don't like to write up profiles about themselves or for that matter even doing introductions what if somebody doesn't do an introduction should they be thrown off the group? I think the last time I needed to do a profile for something somebody else had to write it up for me as I just didn't well it just isn't what I do. Or for instance introductions I don't do that either and never did one for this discussion group. Somehow stumbled across the group obviously I was not looking for help on watch repair. Stumble across the group liked what I saw jumped in and started helping with answering questions.

 

4 hours ago, VWatchie said:

What I really appreciate is when members take the time to introduce themselves on the "About me" tab of their

then to be honest I didn't even know this feature existed. Well it will make you unhappy but it only sort of exists? like probably a lot of things on the message board of if people didn't know it existed then well it doesn't exist sort of. Like newbies unaware that maybe they should give a thumbs up if they liked something. Or if this isn't filled out as I just now looked at a variety of profiles including one of the moderators and if you don't fill it out there is not even a blank tab to look at. But over on the left-hand side there is a public profile that somehow can be filled out but don't worry I have done none of the as is not really my thing to do these things

oh and thinking about being put off? Where I work were supposedly attempting to hire people on a continuous basis but they never show up. One day with odd timing management stepped out. Yes husband-and-wife they just go out without telling us they're just gone. A person with girlfriend came in and inquired about a job. I suspect they were in the mall and she suggested why don't you try here? So then he inquires about a job and was told management is yes it's embarrassing if we don't know where management has gone to. So typically I don't talk to these people but I asked some questions. Like did you know what a watch was? Yes we have to start at the basics and yes he did he put together his own Seiko watch. That sounds very promising. I asked about repair experience or basically where is he working now he's working in a cell phone store and he's repairing cell phones that sounds even better. Then we have the icing on the cake sales and he worked in the sales department he sounds like a perfect candidate. About that time one half of management returned and briefly talked to him. Then the other half of management came in and this is her standard profile if you come work here now she requested a two paragraph essay on usually it's a variety of subjects probably one of them is tell me about yourself and why you would like to come and join the team.

Then notice I'm not mentioning names the other half of management later on asked if we got contact information and the answer was no we did not. Which was sad because this person seems very promising and of course no essay was ever seen.

out of curiosity I asked Dave is a teacher at the community college teaching the Rolex watch repair program. So I asked what percentage of students in watch repair have dyslexia? Or what percentage of your students would like to write a two paragraph essay on. Yes in the technological fields you end up with a lot of people with dyslexia in various forms and asking them to write a two paragraph essay on well maybe that explains why we don't hire very many people at all.

So yes sometimes writing up essays profiles whatever just isn't what some people do all we really need for the group is some sort of basic at least initially until we get to know people what their skill set is. 

[Neverenoughwatches]

I didn't know this existed either, i filled out my profile on the day i joined , i thought that was enough to entice new recruits to join my superhero group, which currently amounts to 2 individuals......myself and my daughter's Husky...Skye. The costume  repair afternoon teas make it worth all the while. I dread to think of what i can now add to the " About Me " section.........give me a day or so to come up with something spectacular.  

6 hours ago, VWatchie said:

If I could make a wish, I would like all members to write an "About Me"! 

Ahhh H mate...you're just a big softy at heart, we need to meet up and write folk songs together

[JohnR725]

I haven't bothered lately to read all the fine print top of the message board. But I was thinking I don't know how to do it or get people to actually read it there should be a thing that says start here if your new and that could explain things like a profile if you're seeking help so we might better help you. Plus just some general procedural things for the newbie.

for instance one of our newest newbies has asked a question. No idea of my answer is going to be suitable or not. 

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/topic/22751-eta-2898-2-documentation/#comment-262616

 

[oldhippy]

Hatch things up is a term used for telling porky pies. Don't tell me you don't know what that is. 

[VWatchie]

I get the feeling that my idea didn't go down well, or am I wrong?  Please allow me to try again!

After all, we ask new members to introduce themselves in the "Introduce yourself here" forum. Over the years, even new members have been criticised for not doing so. The latter has annoyed me greatly and I have argued and still argue that we get to know new members gradually anyway if they stay and are active and otherwise a self-introduction is rather pointless.

The problem with the "Introduce yourself here" forum is that there is no easy way to find the members' self-presentation if they have written one. It takes far too long to investigate. Compare this with "About me" where it is enough to click on a member's picture and then on the "About me" tab.

For this reason, I would like to invite our esteemed moderators to link to the first post in this thread when new members introduce themselves in the "Introduce yourself" forum. They only have to copy the text they write in the "Introduce yourself" forum and paste it into "About me".

Having made these compelling and irrefutable arguments, I am sure everyone will think my idea is something of a godsend and celebrate with cheers and champagne for the rest of the day.

Here are a few examples:

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/profile/1-mark/?tab=field_core_pfield_11

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/profile/5148-jon/?tab=field_core_pfield_11

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/profile/1663-endeavor/?tab=field_core_pfield_11

https://www.watchrepairtalk.com/profile/3961-vwatchie/?tab=field_core_pfield_11

 

On 10/4/2024 at 11:55 AM, oldhippy said:

Hatch things up is a term used for telling porky pies. Don't tell me you don't know what that is. 

You might as well have said something in Pinche. All I gather is that it has something to do with  and

Edited October 5, 2024 by VWatchie

[Klassiker]

1 hour ago, VWatchie said:

something to do with  and

You're confusing your gala pie with your plain and simple pork pie. No egg in a pork pie!