Well, I should say that SR continues to be quite a friendly place. If someone new to this website posts a video of him doing some basic sketchy tricks, nobody says something like "go and learn how to ride sketchy moo fcka!" (and that often happens on a lot of skaters' or rollers' websites, you should notice). Everyone just gives some advices to improve the style or to do a whip in another way for example.
Of course bumping old threads is annoying but yes, I agree with Nooner, just be patient and soon we will have an army of upcoming riders, practising their skills in the directions that THEY want.
We ride this things just for FUN, as everybody has already said, because that looks as beasty as hilarious when a person is performing some amazing and dangerous tricks on a kiddie scoot. I do not understand if someone is trying to look respectable and solid with scooter or deck or rollerblades - no matter what, it is approximately the same things in generak - in his hand. If you wanna be respectable and solid - buy a Bentley or something. If yo ride scooter trying to take over the world - quit right now ^_^