Whereas I agree with the OP in the desire to have a friendly message board, I have the idea that new posters should learn the site, and learn to do research. As a long-time contributor, I have seen the same old questions being asked again and again because the new poster didn't know how to research the issue. The site is a wealth of information.
We are also seeing a decline in the IQ level of many posts, something I lament because over the years we have had some strong discussions here,