<p>Am a new member and am posting this to get rid of the</p>
<p>"Our records show that you have never posted to our site before! Why not make your first post today and be part of our community! Ask a question, give your opinion, or just say hello in the Cafe! " </p>
<p>banner that appears at the top. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>welcome…pretty soon you will have the banner reminding you that you haven’t posted in a while…</p>
<p>glad you’ve joined in!</p>
<p>Thanks. But posting it didn’t work. Banner is still there and if you look at my ID, it still says I haven’t posted. Kind of annoying.</p>
<p>Posts in the Cafe don’t count on the post count.</p>
<p>It may be because you posted this in the Cafe. Posts in here do not count.</p>
<p>Too bad no one has been accepted anywhere yet - you can easily get a post count with a simple “Congratulations!” message.</p>
<p>Welcome!</p>
<p>Yeah, just go to the thread about going to a top college doesn’t count and post something like - “It depends…” That gets you the 10 characters required:).</p>
<p>You COULD just learn to ignore it. Kind of like we ignore annoying children.</p>