Even though the forum is a great place for Bitcoin fans, it can be tricky for beginners.
Tricky, no it is not tricky at all.
What beginners need is time and willingness to explore the forum. They have a lot of time but use their time appropriately to explore the forum or don't do it, it is different among beginners and why they join the forum.
This topic is about the problems newbies face after their sign-up process and why we need simpler screens when you first join.
What problems are for newbies?
After signing up, they will have to look around and at the top of page, they will see Search, Help. If they look at those pages, they will find a lot of information.
Need more, they can visit Beginners & Help to find more, ask more. I am realistic that newbies will not know what Meta board is for but with time, they will know it is a board for forum issues, discussions.
Newbies always can see sticky threads that are pinned at top of each board. Their problems come from themselves, do they spend time to read sticky threads?
[Bitcointalk sticky threads] Newbies - read before starting.