As a suggestion, what are peoples opinions on a 'one month rule' where new members would be unable to post until (you guessed it) a month after registering? As I see it this would:
~ Encourage new members to have a good read of the content of the site and forums in that time before contributing themselves, therefore
~ Stop alot of the more repetitive posts about 'who can reccomend a good knife, axe, stove' etc typically posted by new members who havent bothered to read previous posts on the subject
~ Stop people joining just to have a rant about a specific subject and then clearing off
At the end of the day I am not a mod (not even a full member) and so dont have any influence but it would be interesting to hear what others think
~ Encourage new members to have a good read of the content of the site and forums in that time before contributing themselves, therefore
~ Stop alot of the more repetitive posts about 'who can reccomend a good knife, axe, stove' etc typically posted by new members who havent bothered to read previous posts on the subject
~ Stop people joining just to have a rant about a specific subject and then clearing off
At the end of the day I am not a mod (not even a full member) and so dont have any influence but it would be interesting to hear what others think