I find it interesting that OP has almost 1k followers but is following only 5 people and is upset with the potential that new users may pollute their feed. ....Maybe follow more users to overshadow the influx of newbies? I also can't help but feel this post is kind of... Well, whiny.Still, seeing posts such as wanting to blanket ignore all new users for seven days is something that does make new users feel unwelcome
Perfect demonstration of the problem: You don't know me, I don't know you. You don't know the culture around here, I do. For starters, there are many reasons why I follow five people. This has been discussed amongst the community for more than a year. This is not the sort of thing one would know after five hours. For another thing, nobody here is "OP." Ever. There are nineteen comments here, and you bothered to look up and see that I have a thousand followers... but you don't think I deserve the courtesy of being referred to in the first person. Finally, you're discussing an idea for a site you've been a member of for nineteen hours... whereas I've been here for nearly three years. Yet that doesn't stop you from opining that maybe I don't know my way around the site, and that maybe I'm - wait for it - ...whiny.