User blog comment:Wetstream/The Summer of New Users/@comment-7270915-20130603152129

All right, I've read this blog, totally agree with this blog (even though, admittedly, I have been doing some of these things, which I will adress below), and will do my best to abide by this and the rules.

Comments: I haven't done a great job at giving helpful feedback, and I will do my best to improve on that. Also, I think part of the problem of some of the older users not getting feedback from the new users is that ... well, they're older users. They tend to have a bit more power and leverage, and it can be kind of intimidating giving constructive criticism to an older user.

Profile Pic: As you can all see, I still don't have one, and I'm fully aware of that fact. Frankly, I'm in a bit of a dilemma: I don't want to pull a random pic off the internet and have the wiki sued by accident, and don't want to use one of the few personal pictures that I have because they're personal and I don't want them floating all over the internet. Mistybrook offered to make me a profile pic, though I still haven't heard back from her ... maybe I should ask about that.

Personally, I'm very glad this blog is here, and it certainly needs to be taken seriously. As for the new users - goodness, are Stormy and I the only ones who have commented on this blog out of all the people who have joined over the last couple months? It's just ... shocking.