Yes, personalized attention is invaluable, and it is also in line with what we are looking for: real interactions.
And you are very right, nowadays instead of a welcome it seems like a police interrogation :D, I don't think anyone likes that.
And by the way, freedom is what makes authentic people find a place to expand their creativity and scammers will also be derailed, which will make it easier to detect them.
The main thing, what I like most about this idea is that the Newcomer community acquires personality, and a color, and not like it is now, something ambiguous, without color...
Without detracting from the work done so far, because what we can do is thanks to the base that exists, the changes are necessary to keep the existing structures alive...🙂