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i've noticed in the nano with video forum that several people have posted new topics saying that they got the new nano. these are usually new users, quite often it is their first post. while i understand that they are very excited that they got one and they love their new toy (i know, i went through the whole process myself :D ). however, it does get quite annoying after a while. maybe an 'i got one' sticky could be put in there. that way, the new owners could share their excitement without annoying the other members of the forum who see several of htese kind of posts a week.
 
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I agree with your idea, however from my experience on forums there would still be new users who ignore it and post a new thread anyway. Deleting of these threads would be useful.

I also believe there already is a discussion topic for it stickied called "Official iPod Nano Video Discussion Thread".
 
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espanoliPod said:
i've noticed in the nano with video forum that several people have posted new topics saying that they got the new nano. these are usually new users, quite often it is their first post. while i understand that they are very excited that they got one and they love their new toy (i know, i went through the whole process myself :D ). however, it does get quite annoying after a while. maybe an 'i got one' sticky could be put in there. that way, the new owners could share their excitement without annoying the other members of the forum who see several of htese kind of posts a week.
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As kylo4 stated, most new users (and older users) don't tend to check the stickies, so it probably wouldn't decrease the volume of new posts that much. Also, too many stickies tends to "clutter" the forums for old and new users alike, which can be even more annoying.

Not a bad idea in theory, but in practice it usually doesn't work out.
 
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