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The first part of this has now been addressed by Shog here, but I'll leave it in my answer because it still raises a potential issue of interest.
– Rand al'Thor
Commented Aug 17, 2018 at 17:48
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Yes, please rephrase the popup text. The purpose of the "new user" reminder should be to encourage teaching them the way to use the site, not excusing policy violations because they don't know any better. Telling us the "be nice" is vague enough to imply either message.
– BJ Myers
Commented Aug 17, 2018 at 18:27
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@BJMyers Which is awfully funny, since the CoC was written in part because people thought "be nice" is too vague.
– Mast
Commented Aug 18, 2018 at 6:55
I think also important is: see new users this on the posts of other new users?
– User that hates AI
Commented Aug 18, 2018 at 9:52
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Hey, someone told me "welcome to the site" on a site that I'd been an active participant on for over five years. It's come to just mean "I'm about to say something condescending".
– Dawood ibn Kareem
Commented Aug 22, 2018 at 3:31

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