We were all new once upon a time. lol

what are UP-GRADES and their purpose.

GLP welcomes anyone to post anonmously, but encourages membership which is free. With a membership you select your handle (name you wish to go by), you get a profile where others in the community can learn a little bit about you, you can edit your posts, you can receive emails/personal messages (but cannot send any), you can also choose from quite a variety of pics to appear with your handle when you post, you can friend others as well. With an up-grade, you can send emails/personal messages to other members, there is a separate forum for paying members as well, you can do personal pins of threads and unpins of the pins by the mods, there are some other small perks that make it more enjoyable to use and frankly, I'm still learning about all the benefits because I only was upgraded about four days ago. lol



"Shill" can also be used pejoratively to describe a critic who appears either all-too-eager to heap glowing praise upon mediocre offerings, or who acts as an apologist for glaring flaws. In this sense, they would be an implicit "shill" for the industry at large, possibly because their income is tied to its prosperity.
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In Internet slang, a troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, chat room, or blog, with the primary intent of provoking other users into a desired emotional response[1] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
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Hope this was helpful, but we really should stay with the thread topic. I understand reluctance to post a thread asking questions in the main forum, you would get a lot of gruff, but almost always someone is caring enough to answer your questions. Or, you could email a mod (they all have an email address to reach them with every post) I'm sure they would help you. But it really isn't proper to take the thread off topic. If your uncomfortable with asking a mod, (it can feel intimidating because that have power) just do a call out to me, and we will start a different thread to resolve your issues. Glad to have you join our group on this thread, hopefully you can benefit from it and contribute to it.
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