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?
It's not actually, but maybe there are newbies that really find this community great that's why they officially announcement their arrival here. So best of luck to him, if there are a lot of members here who stayed for many years, then hopefully he could be one of those.
And we al know that there are a lot of perks of being here, some kind join campaigns and it could be the start of their crypto journey.
Just be very positive to the OP and just go around the community and read and ask if you have doubts or questions.