I have been thinking on this, but haven't settled on it in my own mind. I am not worried about the actual functionality being detrimental as I expect that most users wouldn't use it, and I know that a number of active users are interested in new users and onboarding them. Importantly, as kleinbl00 notes, the setting is for the individual, and it is private.

One aspect that I do worry about is in anyway supporting an 'us' and 'them' mentality. I abhor tribalism, and I do not want to give it fertile ground. I can see the utility in avoiding new users as they get their bearings or decide that Hubski is not for them. Still, the most valuable user on Hubski to me today might have made an account 15 minutes ago. I think that if most of Hubski felt this way, we would be better off for it. For this reason, I think the timing of this 'new user ignore' would best be short, and not customizable. I would hate to see a "100 day club" emerge on Hubski. The passage of time does not filter for what we are most interested in here.

I strongly support the notion that a user should have the tools to create their best Hubski experience, and everything that kleinbl00 said above makes perfect sense to me. However, I am left wondering if there isn't a better way to avoid this problem, which as far as I see it, is a disruption of the global feeds when we get a large influx of users, particularly those with a shared culture and shared expectations.

For my part I am going to be reading and thinking. If anyone has thoughts to add, I'd appreciate them.