"Just a friendly reminder from the Silph Road team to the veterans lurking /new"

#PokemonGO: It's a high-traffic time on the Road, which means the Silph Road team is working overtime keeping things uncluttered and focused.While we work, we always see helpful travelers explaining what's been going on over the past hour to new faces, and pointing them towards helpful resources or links.But we also see some folks belittle or disparage others for not already knowing every little detail of what's transpired on the Road for the past hours or days. One of the saddest things about creating and running the Silph Road is receiving messages from folks who have a terrible experience after building up the courage to post their first question or finding on our boards, because visitors (or worse, veteran Silph travelers) derided or ridiculed them. We don't accept this as an inevitability of being a large forum - and we're making active moves to remove that unwelcome element from what it means to be a Silph Road traveler.We want to invite all our travelers to help us keep the Road a place folks come to ask honest questions or report new findings - free from getting derided or shamed by grumpy veterans. Elitism has no place here - and will be a quick ticket off the Road. For realsies. We consistently ban rude folks from our boards - no one wants to see the Road devolve into snark and elitism, particularly not the Silph Road team, and we take this focus on keeping things helpful and friendly as a core aim of this community.As for the flood of duplicates, just sit back and grab some popcorn - that's the mod team's headache. ;) It'll all be cleaned up within a few minutes. We work hard to keep things uncluttered - just have a little patience, and help point newbies in the right direction!Thanks,- Executive Dronpes - via /r/TheSilphRoad https://ift.tt/2OLoydD