Is this addressed to the general population? Or to people in particular?

If the former is the case, I can give my opinion. I'm not a big follower of the clan happenings and stuff, but from what I've seen and heard, most people have the idea that JOL is a "newbie clan", because there are lots of newbies in it, there are no tryouts or anything, they make hotels and like Pokemon, and they bribe people to join with programs like Megawarp.

I don't know how much of that is true (if any), but I think that is what most people think of when they hear the name "JOL"

But sometimes a newbie clan can be good. Since most clans now have good people in them and require tryouts, new people usually can't get in. But clans like JOL give new people confidence in JJ2, and help them get started. I know my first JJ2 clan boosted up my confidence in the game 200% (and if it was still around now it would probably be considered a newbie clan).

So I don't know really. I'm not for or against any clans in particular.