The self-righteous attitude of so many on this site is exactly why I have never done anything except comment. My diagnosis is that some of the people on here live to bitch. They are really lovely people, but you would never want them for neighbors or co-workers. They could scroll on by and ignore the newbie and let them learn, but no. They must get their panties in a wad and attack. Our Republic is under attack, but you are arguing over stupid stuff.
I've been here 20.5 years, initiated 22 threads of which exactly 1 was a "Vanity" and labeled as such.
It's got nothing to do with "self-righteousness", it has to do with the site not having direct/keyword mute/block (and I still regard John's coding as genius, so much so offering him $ yearly to lease/license the framework to me for a strictly sports site); and so our reliance is literally on the home page as framed -- Breaking, Front Page, and the last 5 or 6 active posts.
"Vanity" in the title would have gone a loooong way here.