[throwaway675309]

Hard disagree. If anything you'll find that the most knowledgeable members get burned out answering the same questions over and over again, so they begin to simplify their answers until they just become copy pasta.

You can still have channels open to welcoming new people while at the same time having a large archive of answered questions so that over time a reservoir gets built.

Saying that the same questions getting asked over and over again by new people is somehow a more welcoming community, is like saying that there's any meaningful interaction happening when two people say "What's up?" followed by the response "not much". It's a handshake protocol equivalent without actual depth.

[falcor84]

    I see friends shaking hands
    Saying, "How do you do?"
    They're really saying
    I love you.