You can't put all newbies on one level.
I'm not. There are some who are great, and I love giving them merits. But I'm speaking in generalities, and as an example of how bad newbies are
in general to the forum, Theymos had to create the merit system in order to curb the rampant account farming and shitposting that was being done primarily by low-ranked accounts. The problem persists even today, with newcomers rushing to the forum to join bounties or sig campaigns, and they don't care about the quality of their posts, just the number of them. You weren't here for the darkest days of bitcointalk back in 2018, so hopefully that enlightens you a bit.
Your tone is full of nobility and superiority. All faults are attributed to the novice, and it is your superior attitude that prevents the newcomer from entering the forum.
No it isn't. I have no power to stop anyone from joining or staying on the forum. If you assign that much power to me, that says more about you than it does me.
If all old users treat novices in this way, then new users will not be able to enter, and the forum is doomed to perish.
That isn't true, either, nor do all "old users" treat members in whatever way you're thinking. Perhaps you're also lumping groups of members together? And believe me, it doesn't matter how rudely newbies get treated. They'll keep coming and doing the same shit they've been doing for years: polluting the forum with one-line nonsensical posts with zero value. Again, not all of them, but I'd say the majority of them do that.
The current networks are fast-paced networks. How many users will have the patience to lie in for a few months before communicating? You can't ask all novices to be like you, just like there are things you can't do, but others can do.
What networks are you talking about? And why is it too much of an expectation that people do some reading on a forum before they jump in and start posting? That's perfectly acceptable as long as someone has something worthwhile to say, or if they have legitimate questions that need to be asked--and I say
need, because most questions can be answered by utilizing that nice little search button that a lot of newbies ignore.
Also: most new members don't even have the patience or the willingness to read the rules, as evidenced by the number of ban appeal threads in Meta. That's a problem.
You can't age discrimination.
Sure I can; you just don't like it. But the fact is that if someone is mature, they won't Leeroy Jenkins themself onto a forum and just start complaining about how rudely they're being treated. They'd know the internet can be a cold, cruel place and any attempt to change other people's attitudes, behaviors, or anything else is an unrealistic goal. A mature person would see that the forum isn't the right fit for him/her and go elsewhere--and believe me, that isn't going to kill bitcointalk. You're giving yourself way too much credit.
Why do you say that I have no spine? When this happens, most people choose to leave the forum and never come back.
I don't say that to everyone. I say that to people who show no evidence of having a spine. You might think you're fighting back, but what you're doing is pointless.
You only represent yourself, not other old users.
I never said I represented anyone other than myself. Argument: FAIL.
