This is probably said all the time but I just wanna say it. Cave and start as a Paladin, Druid, or Monk. It changes the game experience being able to do anything because of the ability to change spec. Drastically. Stay, have fun, be the better class.
Or start as a Beastmaster hunter since being dps with a portable tank and the ability to fight at a range while moving, is very forgiving for new players
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No, you won’t get into groups as a tank that way.
But the game can be hard enough for new people. Why pile on all the responsibility of being a tank right off the bat?
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It can be just as useful to start with a class with multiple dps specs as they can vary in style. Your list only gives people one ranged dps to even try out, and only if they pick druid.
(Wait, is this a trick to get new people to roll tanks and healers to lower the queues for your rogue? 
)
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And turn chat off because they spam this garbage non stop.
Not sure what exactly you mean by “this garbage”, but this isn’t advisable at all.
Especially as a new player, in a tank or healing role, you’ll want to be able to read messages from your group members. If you’re doing something wrong and ignore party chat that’s telling you what you need to do to fix it, you’ll find yourself being vote kicked and left with the deserter debuff.
You’re only gimping your ability to learn and improve if you go silent.
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good point Zipster
It depends which “chat” you mean. On my General tab, I may turn off Emote and Yell, but nothing else – I want to hear /say, group and raid and guild.
But on the Global Channel, I always turn off Trade Chat and usually General. For the last few years, a FEW nasty players have turned those channels into non-stop sex, politics, race and other non-game-related conversations. They just chat there all day. I don’t want to read that, so I turn it off.