Newfrogs

Newfrogs are a frequently, and commonly hated, part of PCI. their very existence once caused extreme anger among a large amount of oldies. however, with notable Newfrog-turned-members becoming widely beloved, notably Memequeen and Emperor, this has calmed down. A subset of oldies who were neutral, and some who even defended Newfrogs, popped up shortly after.

Newfrog behavior
Many Newfrogs are as the first part of their name suggests: new. they know nothing about the culture, and are prone to making terrible jokes (which is unsurprising since they come from Reddit.) widely disliked by the community, or even being extremists who would compromise both the server itself and the server's enjoyability. Newfrogs, while generally unpredictable, can generally be seen as low-level scum, frequently becoming inactive for no reason, or using PCI as a meme dump.

It is server culture, and even somewhat of a rite of passage, to bully them or dismiss them for being Newfrogs. while the quality of Newfrogs who have become members are debatable at best, one should know that a Newfrog, if they simply give up at the start, will NOT fit into the server in any way. inactive Newfrogs are effectively just additional numbers at best, and losing them would mean absolutely nothing.

The influx of Newfrogs halted in December of 2020, with the channel for Newfrogs, Newfrogs chat being used mostly by oldies for memes and bot commands.

= Opinion On Newfrogs =

Leeks :tro:
"HuH? A cHaNcE fOr ReLEVaNce? Wowzaweezoo! But in all seriousness, I'll compl- wait no I literally inserted this part. Anyway, I feel like we have made a new kind of hypothetical. A bastardization. Never, are we really looking into actual newfrogs, only what we can predict, but now, we only feel. Newfrogs are only a looming scare. If one were to actually think, they'd realize how exaggerated newfrogs are. To quote Winderkey: 'My fellow members, we are and always will be a server of immigrants. We were strangers once, too. And whether our forebears were strangers who crossed over from Kosovo, or fleed the bunga, or assimilated from the Glorious Caliphate, we are here only because this server welcomed them in, and taught them that to be an member is about something more than what we look like, or what our nicknames are, or our colored squares. What makes us members is our shared commitment to an ideal -– that all of us are created equal save the Jews, and all of us have the chance to make of children's lives what we will,'. However, I still have criticisms of this. The thing with newfrogs, I guess, is that I kinda see myself in them, despite being in r/PCM before any floods. I feel there is a process one takes to maturity of a proper discord user, and newfrogs are at the start. At most, they make extremely edgy memes, for they haven't learned nuance yet. I may not be like other politicians, but I believe we should focus on the maturing. Utilize them. Make them do our taxes under a promise for consideration of becoming member, or not being banned. Make them revive chats. Make them WORK. Honestly, I guess I kind of see myself in them. Shitposting to grasp onto something in a somewhat absurd world. Outcasted by better and smarter shitposters. Having no redeeming factors necessarily. I believe this unpredictable demographic, dare I say it, is more of a mirror of the Id. AH FUCK IT! WHAT AM I SAYING ?!?!?! THESE AREN'T FRIENDS OF MEMBERS THAT WERE BROUGHT! WINDER FOR GOD (SWT) KNOWS WHY SET UP A LINK ON FUCKING DISBOARD! SURE THEY AREN't ORGANIZED, BUT C'MON. THIS IS LITERALLY FOR THE REDDIT COMMUNITY. THIS IS LIKE AUTHRIGHT AND THE SLAVE TRADE, BUT ON PURPOSE."

Beat
"'yeah agree we should get rid of newfags'"

Bot.
"When it comes to the question of newfags, I don't believe that it would be wise to keep them more sperate through requiring higher levels of entry into the server. As it currently stands, newfrogs chat and the rest of the server stands in stark contrast to one another.

Newfrogs is utter hell and chaos a containment zone for the redditors. There is no problem with keeping redditors contained but after they reach a certain level they are then let into the server. Upon entry into the proper server they now can be just as reddit in any channel, just as annoying, and just as awful as they were in newfrogs.

For newfrogs is a lawless land where their behavior, which is otherwise shunned on this server, is permitted. By raising the barrier to entry even higher newfrogs will only thrive in the echo chamber of newfrogs even more and once released into the server proper will be the same annoying lawless creatures which festered in newfrogs.

It is therefore that I propose that we have a very light barrier for entry, just to make sure they're not going to be overwhelmingly annoying or just coming into spam horrible shit. We must have a low tolerance policy and make clear to newfags the expectations of the server and if they should not comply with these expectations they are whisked out of the server. The best way to stop newfags from acting like newfags is to show them what we want them to not act like and see if they are capable, rather than letting them be in newfrogs chat in which unacceptable behavior is tolerated."

Dr. Coomer
"'Now, I ain't no racist, but these newfags are takin' our jobs!'"

Maxent
"'There is a cancer amongst PCI, one that has threatened many servers before and has threatened us. That cancer, this plague that eats away at the heart of men is Newfags and Newfrogs. They are parasitic in nature, threating the superior Oldie order. They are to be put down without mercy, we must break them down, work them to the bone until they have nothing left, no will and free thought, and then, and only then if they have survived the Spartan torture and discipline will they be considered passable. But however, they shall not be allowed to frolic in the fields on PCI freely, and they should be continued to be broken down until the server's end. The superior traits of the Oldie are clear to anyone, and only Oldies, no one else, should be able to even consider rule.'"

Memequeen
"“Although most new frogs are annoying, they should all be given a chance to prove themselves. If PCI banned all new frogs, I wouldn’t be here. However, if the new frogs don’t assimilate and refuse to let go of their redditor ways, they should be kicked.”"

Slowly Going Mad
Newfrogs are some of the WORST users on the server, but also the best. however, they usually tend to fall into the first area. Newfrogs should be RELENTLESSLY tortured, bullied, and actively antagonized for any little mistake. However, should they manage to make it past the great filter, the filter of being funny and actively liked, they should be treated as well as any oldie. An us vs them motive at all times only divides the server. ""