User blog comment:Wetstream/The Summer of New Users/@comment-1703139-20130602202240

Couldn't have said it better myself, to both Wets and Red.

Honestly, I think all of the new users need to read this and give some sign they've read it. I know I'm going to sound so freaking old, but when I was new we weren't so...idk. We had fun, but we stayed inside the boundaries. Most of the time. And we would read all stories, no matter who we were trying to impress or who our friends were. Take that Silver chick for example- she was rude to Forest just so she could get some points for 'defending' her. It was ridiculous.

And please for the love of god start leaving better comments. Like, I get you're all friends. I would never leave a comment on Red or Wetty or Stareh's stories being 'omfg this sucks stop' (mostly because they're great writers) because it's rude. But if a story is crap, you need to be able to say 'Dude, spellcheck, grammar, also I have no idea what's going on.'  Because about 76% of the recent stories I've read (I calculated the stories I've read in the last month.  How cool am I?) deserve that comment and maybe even worse.

Anons- start making accounts. I am this close away from reinstating what was arguably my most controversial rule. But hey, you guys need to get it together.

We've had a crazy amount of noobs come on in, which is great. But what's not great is when the majoority of them have never read the rules/never used spellcheck/don't attempt to be apart of the community. It's getting to the point where I message someone something and they don't respond. Seriously, it's driving me crazy. Please show proper respect for staff, older users, your peers, and the freaking wiki.

Arti out.