As a pretty new member myself, I think its cool that so many people hopped in to be helpful. New members helping other new members digest information- because it is incredibly daunting at first.
And while whomever it was that posted the first ironically negative comment here about hurling abuse is not totally unfounded, if all of you (us) newer members stick around for even a few more months, you'll see *why* senior members can be so tough. This is not Reddit. Don't get me wrong, Reddit is great for opinions flying around everywhere and casual conversations and learning both true *and untrue* Replica faqs. But this is RWI. This is where people that take this hobby more seriously get to "hang out" at. And if you take this hobby seriously and/or passionately, I can promise you that you will understand soon enough.
I fuckin love this hobby. Pardon my language. I spend more time here than I should, but I f*ckin love it. And there is no way in hell I would get to learn what I get to learn if this place was drowned out by all the Reddit-type questions and misinformed advice (again, not knocking Reddit- just pointing out that these two forums serve two different purposes). There really are reasons that certain questions are frowned upon. Or as pointed out earlier- not so much what is asked, but how/why the question is asked.
I honestly think it would benefit everyone if upon signing up, there was a little RWI 101 intro by way of the New Members section. It would save EVERYone a lot of grief.
But really, just remember that there are reasons people haze the new people. And whether it's meant to or not, it really is an effective way of weeding out who comes here to contribute and who comes here to take. And because of the forum's rules, spoken and unspoken, the amount of information that has to be distilled to develop an informed *opinion* is naturally lessened. This is great for those that genuinely want to learn!
And lastly, it actually takes a degree of arrogance to assume that "senior" members are simply being arrogant... yes, sometimes it probably is cyberbullying or whatever, but really just stop and think about that for a second.
My 2 cents as a pretty new person myself.