I've posted once before...

[Mockery]

Being a newbie isn't really what gets you bashed as much as it is being a newbie who tries too hard to impress people by saying stupid shit on a constant basis in order to become accepted. There's plenty of newbies who work their way seemlessly into the board in the various forums by contributing to all of the discussions in a good way. It's just this particular "general blabber" forum where most of the bad newbies come in and post useless crap.