What specifically are you suggesting in terms of talking with new users? It seems like we have fluxes of new users. Sometimes they come in massive waves, other times they come in smaller, less noticeable ones. I'm all for something more than what we have but, for reasons that are beyond me, I keep recalling the "introduce yourself" threads on old forums that were typically terrible. Maybe it was because every time someone commented on it, it would highlight and it was always stuck to the top. Maybe because most oldschool forums were less welcoming so they were an open invite for harassing new users. Regardless, I don't ever want Hubski to turn into that. When a user joins, they are recommended to use the "newtohubski" tag so that users who do not wish to see new users may ignore than tag, and those who do can follow that tag.