I guess we just have to learn from the old members. It's not really a bad way to understand the forum. As someone new, we sometimes might make mistakes while giving information, so I'f an old member talks something that offends us, we can just ignore and learn from our mistakes.
The naija board already has a welcome thread, you can find it here, link=
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5121680.0I saw a newly pinned thread on beginners and help board I think it covers a lot of frequenlty questions and answers.
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https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5500358.0No question is dump on the forum. Moreover, every new topic must have been answered years ago but new people can still create then to ask.
My brother you have said it all, everything way you as a newbie surpose know for this naija forum dey for all those links stated above, once you click on it all your questions and answers will all be resolved and you go definitely understand everything way dey ground.
Secondly, this forum way we dey so na a place of survival of the fittest, immediately you don join this forum carry for your mind say no body dey pet you as a newbie, expect anything insult oh, criticism etc, except so many things from different set of people but the ability for you to conquered all this challenges na the only ground way fit makes you dey successful for the forum.
So for our new members them , e dey very important say una know all this things way dey the forum because e go contribute a lot to una success journey.