What is Novice Network chat REALLY for?

[Squintina]

I'm not in NN anymore as I lost my sprout when I reached the criteria (and I'm not a mentor yet), so this is what I learned about NN as a sprout:

It's:
- for talking about whatever
- answering people's questions when they ask (the good mentors at least, and actually a lot of the sprouts as well)
- however if the non-question chatter is really active, sometimes those questions that do pop up are forgotten
- arguing because one mentor offered advice other people (usually correctly) think is bad advice, or a bad topic
- and people wanting to kick other people who actually do want to help out if it doesn't mean that individual person's criteria of what is "valuable"
for example: people kicking off those advertising an FC or LS or a hunt, even if it's not being spammed (I'd get it if it was spam because no one likes spam), even if some sprouts will stand up for those people and say that it actually helped them - yet somehow those same people might let people argue (not discuss, argue) over which FF game is the best in that chat and not say a word, because that's totally helping people.

Oh and the biggest rule about NN is that everyone has their own rules and SE doesn't care as long as you're meeting its basic TOS.

In other words, it's a limited version of what other games call a global chat, as in other games' global chat you also see tons of chatter, arguing, and new people asking questions and they usually do get an answer unless the casual chatter is just too intense. Same thing really, just with a chat limit.

I'm not even sure if I ever want to become a mentor because it's such chaos (though I suppose I could become a mentor who just never has NN turned on and helps out people in DF/PF/FC instead)