>>6167421Adding:
I know I might come across as pretty aggressive/mean, truth is that I am one of those people who spends a lot of time educating newbies.
I wrote guides/FAQs (in two languages), I always crawl through Newbieland, the #bjd tag and other websites to see if someone posted a question that has yet to be answered and so on.
I try really hard to educate people, to make sure they make an informed purchase and can avoid recasts.
However, after so many years it just got more and more clear that a) people really are lazier than ever and b) many will try every excuse to justify their purchase.
People will ALWAYS find a reason why they are too scared to do X or rather go for cheap doll bla/a recast.
Back then it was "oh, I buy this Bobobie because I am afraid to destroy my doll/afraid not to like the hobby/afraid to spend too much money", now they swapped the Bobobie for a recast.
The laziness gets me the most though.
There ARE enough resources (I wish I had that many back then!), but you sure won't find them if you just join some Facebook group or google "bjd shop" and buy the first thing you can see.
It needs time to sit down, crawl through websites, soak up every information you can find and then to ask questions.
As said, it's not impossible to reach out to the community even if you aren't on DoA and you usually receive a proper answer in no time.
You still need to put in some work though.
Honestly, compared to many other hobbies the BJD one IS pretty welcoming.
You are not left alone with your questions, there is enough information to be found out there and there is pretty much a group for everyone (even the talentless people with ugly af dolls, just look at pintsizedpalace).
There still will be people who will never agree with you, some gossiping and other drama.
You have that with every hobby.
