Congratulations Cags
As for the other stuff, I'm comfortable here, I've been about for a few years now, have some people I consider friends, and, have become a bit more 'friendly' with some others in the last year or so because I post in certain 'live' threads.
I do think that it must be difficult for people to break in as a 'newbie' but surely that is the same on any forum/rl? I know that's how I felt when I started posting on 'here' / C4 as it was, in the latter days. Here was me thinking that there was just a load of random people saying what they thought of BB hms and I'd put my twopenneth worth in, Ha Ha, welcome to a baptism of fire into the world of internet forums!
I agree with all of that, supes. Took me a while to jump in back in the C4 days and can't remember how long it took me to stop feeling like an intruder. I occasionally look at places like digital spy and can't imagine starting all over again. The main problem here i think isn't really to do with people or the content, it's more to do with it really being a place you'd be luck to stumble upon (and gaga joy joy isn't a phrase that would immediately make you think of Big Brother) People leave forums all the time and new people join.. we're just a bit lacking in the latter.