How would I even know someone new was there? I’d have to go check chat, which I never do. But even if I did check it, how would I know someone was new? And why would anyone, new or not, hang out in chat if no one was there? I certainly wouldn’t. If there was some notice on the top of the community feed that 5 people were in chat, I might check it out, but other than that, chat is only for special occasions where there seems to be a party.
Of course, I won’t go to just any party. There need to be people I know there. When I say “know” I don’t mean recognize their name; I mean someone I have had conversations with enough times to actually remember something about them. (I generally need to hear the same piece of information 5 times before it makes it to permanent memory).
Also, if it were a noob, how would I know they were totally awesome?