Hello everyone! Just wanted to express how grateful I am to be a part of this community. I’m here to witness Bitcoin take the world by storm. God bless you all! 
Is it mandatory for a brand new user to create a thread like this?
Thread like this isn't compulsory. Just that most newbie made such post to creat awareness of them just joining the forum. This also help them to get some basic post that could guide them through the forum by some reply made by old forum members.