I've been here for a while now as a lurker, and I can honestly admit even I never knew the existence of that subforum; I always used the sidebar.
Again, I'm not the OP and I'm not complaining, especially when the site is very useful and managed by a dedicated and commendably group of people while still being free.
No one is denying the existence of the rules. You and I know how to find them because we've been for while; but it would be disingenuous to say that the UI/UX of this forum lend itself new user friendliness.