User blog:John Breasly/There's a Problem Here (Version 2)

So version one was deleted by an unnamed admin because they didn't want to be mentioned. Then I got butchered in chat, claiming I was attacking him by using them as an example. But whatever, I'm still going to create this blog.

The Issue
The issue is we turn down new users. We don't even bother to act friendly and welcome them, we just get down to the books. "Fix this or get your page deleted." That's not friendly at all. I'd give examples but apparently I'm singling out users if I do so. Moving on, a sailor needs to learn the ropes before he can do every job on the ship. Same with a user. We can't toss them at the rigging and give them commands, we have to be careful about it.

The Solution?
As a community, we need to decide if we want to continue to "thrive" (that is in parentheses because we are NOT thriving) or if we want to alienate new users. Because it's not just users, it's admins too. Solution? Use some of that  kindness he/she talks about. Do eet.