Settle down W4llace, PPRuNe is the victim of her own goodness. Good site, lots of people like it, they turn up.
I'm terribly biased (I'll have been here 7 years come Paddy's Day, God the time flies...) but I remember the good old days when Jet Blast was near-vitriol-less, and no one cared whether you were a pilot or not.
I pander for those days to return.
Newcomers are very welcome. We all were new here once.
As for advice, all I can say is "be nice"
No really....
Be nice. There's plenty of Daily Hatred readers out there, and the balance of sanity needs restoring