“I remember being scared to death,in 04 Fr could be tough on newbies (still can be)I paid a lot of dues.”
Yes, Freepers occasionally snarl at newbies for rookie mistakes, but I assure you, it is NOTHING like the baptism of fire newbies got on Usenet in the early to mid 90’s.
That’s where I first went on the Internet in 1993. I mostly lurked and learned and enjoyed the flamewars. They were MUCH more ferocious than anything on FR, since those newsgroup forums were unmoderated.