Questions should also focus not just on new users, but What can be done about the currentDoes Stack Exchange view today's ServerFault as a more hostile, anti-user, insular community than other SE sites, particularly as it realtes to new users?
Potential discussion points
- How muchIs ServerFault is diverging in its tone from core StackExchange philosophies, network standards, and other successful sites
- Specific users who are the primary contributors to ServerFault's reputation of being the most negative site on the entire network
- Exactly why ServerFault is the only siteIs there a concern that newbieServerFault's challenges in dealing with low-quality or non-professional questions driveis also driving away experts when this problem doesn't existin a way not seen on other SE sites (like StackOverflow)
- HowIs there a brandsense that new user feelshave more difficulty when joining thethis community (open arms, cult, "Earn respect" system, etc)
- How an existing StackExchchange user feels when joiningDoes SE think the community for the first time
- The ideahas a perception that good questions can only come from within
- How do all of these contribute to userbase growth, and how they contrast with what vocal high ranking ServerFault usersdoes SE think this is an aspect of the problems aresite's challenges that's getting under-represented here on Meta, etc?
NOTE: I (Jaydles) undeleted this post, as I agree with the mods: it's related enough to what the goal of the question was to deserve open consideration. I'm also making edits to the phrasing to make it more consistent with the other suggested topics and to lead the witness a bit less. If the OP feels I'm misrepresenting, feel free to edit again, but my goal here was to capture your core points.
