1) We think they need a better tutorial so they can figure shit out, and we think they need to lurk moar. Unfortunately the Reddit DDOS made search non-functional and they were left groping in the dark without a flashlight. As a consequence I've unsubbed from askhubski, and had to fight the instinct to call it /r/askhubski.

2) We expect to have to adapt to ignore them until they a) figure it out or b) grow bored and leave. As per usual, it will take approximately a week.

3) We're totally cool with a larger community, so long as it's a larger community gradually acquired.

4) We think that in the future, new accounts in one day past a certain number should automagically be thrown into READ ONLY MODE so that the functionality of the site for the rest of us isn't crippled. This probably reeks of classism. Hey - I've been here two years. I know what I'm doing. If the new kidz have to watch me for a day or two before they can shout at me, it's good for everyone.

4a) FUCK EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT.

5) You ignore them. Bet you didn't realize that half of the Archangelles wandered over here last time. The time before that, most of the CIRCLEJERKERS. Culling the chaff from the wheat is much easier on Hubski, almost as if it were designed that way.

6) Get used to ignoring and muting people. Louts with no audience quickly leave. Contributors with no audience sulk and get plaintive. And hey - if you give them a few days, they might even figure it out on their own.

This is the fourth time this has happened in my memory. The only thing that I've noticed changing is the staffing level.

Speaking as someone who has publicly and verbosely lamented the fall of Reddit, allow me to say for the record: I'm unconcerned.