Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5371501-20130513140819/@comment-5643552-20130513145224

While we're at it, we should make more of an effort to explain things to newcomers, who might be confused as to how things on the site work. Holding them liable for not reading and abiding by the rules is NOT assuming good faith; in the vast majority of cases, new users will NOT know the rules or how things work and might need a little push in the right direction. Nothing scares off newcomers more than hostility.