Originally Posted by
chasm54
A nice point. Speaking as a newcomer who as far as I know hasn't (yet?) said anything to offend anyone, threads like this just make me want to move along to another forum, since they seem to say very clearly "there's a few of us who have been here a long time who like what we like, and anything that doesn't accord with our expectations isn't welcome." OK. There are other places to post.
Let me know when you find a forum over a couple of years old that does not have folks who have been there a long time, and who like what they like..
As far as "accord with our expectations" - all forums in my experience have cultures.
Personally, I think that most of the existing crowd go way out of their way to try and make new folks feel welcome. Maybe we have dropped off in this aspect. If so, I apologize for myself.