I don't think this place is unwelcoming in the slightest, from what I've seen, the new members who introduce themselves are always greeted with a nice hello and encouraged to post, if you base your view of feeling unwelcome on that one post that was not even directed at you then you really shouldn't.
I don't believe for a minute that frecklegirl only wants "hardcore fans" only? I think by that phrase she was just highlighting that we have all seen the box and it's contents before and perhaps was encouraging that user to at least check the subject matter a little more before posting content that may already be here.
Anyways I hope that you don't feel unwelcome because that's nobody's intent here at all! we love new people to come and post because it makes us more diverse and adds to the conversation, and that's always more than welcome over a bunch of zero-posters who just come here to steal the pictures.
