Thank you for focusing on a irrelevant aspect of my question.
To answer, I didn't act like a douche. Instead tried talking, welcoming, asking questions, offering help, shouting, yelling, belittling, insulting, condemning, promoting, mocking, and finally, pointedly ignoring. In that order.
But that's all non-material to my original question.
The post, and it's question therein, had to do with the desolate space that was previously a busy guild.