The Official "Jay Servidio and Teleteria - Who Gives A Shit" Thread

[Simon]

Originally Posted by stacystreur

... newbies must be protected....

I don't agree with this statement.

Houses can not really be "child proofed" and the
Internet can damn sure not be "newbie proofed."

The world is a dangerous place. It always was,
and probably always will be.

I have no problem with your desire to warn people.
But "newbies" aren't some special group that needs our
protection. They're just people. People need to take more
responsibility for their own decisions. If someone decides
to act without doing proper research, they will often get
surprised by the results of their actions. If that's how they
choose to run their lives offline, it's really not our duty to
protect them when they choose to come online.

That said...I'm willing to help pretty much anyone at any
time. Doesn't matter if they're newcomers or old salts.
I just don't think that "protecting newbies" is some kind
of mission that we need to be on.

Simon