How is there STILL not a confirmation before throwing newbs into Novice Network?

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What if there is an actual newbie and they didn't want to join it? It should be a pop up, "Would you like to join the Novice Network?" instead of slapping you straight into a chat channel without you knowing about it.

I don't disagree. But now you have the problem of it popping up everytime a mentor runs past you. And a lot of us remember the days of friend requesting gil sellers, and the flood of posts about it needing fixing. I don't see the issue with just turning the NA status off, or unchecking it in the chatlog. A person competent enough to install the game should be able to google themselves to this work-around.