Ed asked me to expand on this. I'll try, but trying without getting into unnecessary detail will be difficult.
Over the years, I decreased my participation on all other online activities in favor of a techie forum that I'm a member at and my own projects. Reasons? This techie forum was genuinely happy to have me around, everyone treated each other with a degree of respect and no one unnecessarily took offense at anyone else. Hey, while they don't encourage newbies through "advertising", they welcome n00bz with open arms. And even allow them to fall splat on their faces a couple times before heckling them unmercifully.
Sometimes. Either that or they get an amusing title that reminds them and all other members about that "splat" incident.
(In interests of completeness, my title referred to the time I tried to plug a brand-new surge suppresor into an allegedly properly-wired {not by me} outlet that wasn't and almost killed myself. They're those kind of people.)
Anyhow, when Ed asked me about helping out here, I mentioned that I really didn't want to be involved in a community-free forum. While I might not get to know all the members, I wanted to treat everyone as basically equal and I wanted them to treat me the same way.
Additionally, I don't like talking at folks. I like fostering some dialog. I've been able to do some of that here, so far. I like that.
{To be continued.}