<p>As the first two answers, by users of high reputation and long experience on this site, seem somewhat defensive to me, I'd like to offer my 2 cents:</p>
<p>This site, like many others on the internet, is a community. It has its rules. Some are explicitly stated (<a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/tour">https://stats.stackexchange.com/tour</a>) and some are implicit, having developed through the usage and being more-or-less consistently enforced by experienced users and moderators. Learning these rules takes time and you can never be sure to have mastered them all. Even the explicit rules are subject to interpretation, and the implicit ones, in addition, may gradually shift over time.</p>
<p>In consequence, I am not surprised that new users have some unpleasant experiences on this site. Moreover, I'd say that it's not always the new user's fault. Sometimes the experienced users and moderators make mistakes, too. They are not perfect and errors are part of life, not just in statistics :-)</p>
<p>But, taking all pros and cons into account, I tend to agree with Kjetil that this site, while imperfect, is still better than any other.</p>
