Actually, there could be a problem in the sense that you don’t want to drive away potential members through bad manners, and you also want to introduce good manners in a way that doesn’t drive away people who are capable of learning them reasonably easily.
Nerd culture takes an unfortunate amount of pride in being standoffish, dickish, and awkward.
Actually, there could be a problem in the sense that you don’t want to drive away potential members through bad manners, and you also want to introduce good manners in a way that doesn’t drive away people who are capable of learning them reasonably easily.