There's a reason I chose to put it in #bugski: the likelihood of new users following that tag is negligible. Which means new users are either:

A) finding it by seeing it in their feeds because it was shared by an oldster that follows me

B) Cruising "global" and seeing intense amounts of discussion about the subject.

Eight of the top twelve posts in "global", as of this writing, are newbie-related. Two of the top ten posts are mine, opining that maybe there ought to be a way to give people a choice. One of those posts, in a mere seven hours, has generated more comments than the other eleven posts combined.

It's also worth noting that of those twelve posts, two of them are fresh content, by site admins, welcoming new users and aiding them in navigating the site.

So while I can understand why someone new to the site might be offended that their comments are not universally welcome, I think it's fair to say the site response overall is a lot closer to "welcome, please stay out of my hair" than "FUCK OFF N00BZ".