What can new users do to feel welcome?

What can new users do to feel welcome?
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When I have been a new-user on various sites I always start off as a lurker. Every site has its own personality and unwritten rules (in addition to the written ones) and that is the best way I know to learn what it and they are. When a bunch of Askvillers first came to ask-public there were some growing pains and adjustments. Now many of those same Askvillers are indistinguishable from ask-publicers (actually some of them have stopped being Askvillers altogether). My suggestion to a new participant is to stick your toe in first to see what the water is like before you do a cannonball and splash everyone.
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