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Originally Posted by G MOB
That is flawed thinking. Punishing new members with a 30 day wait or a 50 post "entry point" to certain forums using reducing spam as an excuse is absurd. How can you reasonably expect people to buy into that when there are forum sections still open to spammers? The solution to your issue is not to stifle your communities new members for a month, it is to more effectively use your moderation team, the private forum they have to communicate and lastly ensure there is enough moderators to handle the volume of posts/threads.
Censorship in any form does not serve to build community, in fact there would likely be a higher number of productive members in this online community if the wait was more reasonable or the post entry quota to other forum sections was lower. One month is far too long, and 50 posts only serves to encourage poor, short responses from people determined to get into the forums sooner.
We allow instant access to every forum module except of course our staff forum as soon as members join. IMO if you stay on top of things there is no need to drive off people with long waits or high post forum access quotas.
That said this is a great forum, and I have only a few days until I can fully join the community here, but it would have been nice to fully participate in it without a month long wait.
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Sounds good. You going to pay us?
Members who join can still post and use the tech sections right from the day they register. No post count/day count period required. That's what MF is intended for, TECH stuff. It is not to be used primarily as a Classifieds forum or an Off Topic forum.
Also, how can this be a 'punishment' when new members have posted in agreement to the 30/50 rule?
But look, another post you can reply to so you can add to your quota.
