“Some newcomers often find the culture impenetrable and unwelcoming” seems like a feature (not a bug). If anything ought be changed about it, I think the unwelcoming attitude ought be more discerning—excluding people based on properties most of the community actually doesn’t want around, rather than or in tandem with whatever criteria it’s currently operating on.
Yeah—What I meant to argue is more like “valuable people who could be contributing a lot a leaving or getting turned away from the community, for reasons I think are bad or shortsighted.”
“Some newcomers often find the culture impenetrable and unwelcoming” seems like a feature (not a bug). If anything ought be changed about it, I think the unwelcoming attitude ought be more discerning—excluding people based on properties most of the community actually doesn’t want around, rather than or in tandem with whatever criteria it’s currently operating on.
Yeah—What I meant to argue is more like “valuable people who could be contributing a lot a leaving or getting turned away from the community, for reasons I think are bad or shortsighted.”