When i came into the forum I found It a little difficult finding my way around and could barely relate or reply to some posts but I took it upon myself to learn the ethics and norms of forum and know what it's all about. And as time went by my journey here became easier even though I'm still under a learning process.
I also experienced the same thing when I joined the forum, things were very difficult for me, but with time I am getting use to the forum gradually, the more time spent on forum, the more you get to understand how things work on forum, you need consistency on the forum, if you are consistent on the forum and you are ready to learn, then you will grow with time.
I've come to understand that the forum is not a competition and everyone here have a say so far you're not going against the rules guiding the forum. So rather than being discouraged by some negative replys from senior ranking members, let your mistakes serve as your motivation, do not give up and don't be in a haste to do unnecessary things that would get you banned.
When you are discouraged by the negative things you are being told on the forum here, then you are not going to grow on the forum here, any negative thing said to anyone on the forum shouldn’t make the person feel bad, it should serve as motivation and correction, anyone can be corrected and if you are corrected, you should learn from the negative things said to any low rank members of the forum.
One other thing that's motivated me is the posts from high ranking members, so sometimes instead of rushing to reply I take my time in going through the profile of these members to see their post and take note of those quality contents that got them merited by others,
Up till now I still have some high rank members when I frequently go through some legendary members ranks and I do view their comments and the threads which they have created previously, that’s what have really helped me to grow on the forum here, and am still trying to grow, so I will keep on learning from the high rank members of the forum.