Idea To Stop Accidental Spam

[TheDave]

i just thought that if you made a rule where people had to have a minimum number of posts before starting new threads. this might coax people into seeing how the forum should work, so there wont be 20 requests for matrix revolutions in the wrong place

[Virtualbody1234]

I like this suggestion. I don't know if it's possible to set it like that.

Maybe even set it so that if someone starts new threads in the wrong section a few times then they cannot start new threads for a while.

[cosmic doobie]

Hmmm that is wishful thinking.
On any forum it's never gonna happen without a LOT of moderation and housekeeping.

[TheDave]

i think ive seen it before. it doesnt need moderation because its scripted

[Jayhawk]

but then there would be lots of pms to mods or a need of a guest room because
members would be like why cant i start a new thread...

[Adster]

agree there wil be 5million noobs threads about it

[TheDave]

Originally posted by Adster@5 November 2003 - 00:42
agree there wil be 5million noobs threads about it

but the noobs couldnt start threads

[Turd Ferguson]

GameFAQs has something similar ot this with their karma system. There are limits to how many topics and messages you can post according to what level you are at.

I'm not sure if this type of thing could be applied to this board though.

[Sparkle1984]

I think it's a strange idea. What if a new member needed help (on a topic that hasn't already been covered), and then they couldn't start a new thread to ask for the help that they need?

[Jayhawk]

Originally posted by TheDave+5 November 2003 - 05:42--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TheDave &#064; 5 November 2003 - 05:42)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Adster@5 November 2003 - 00:42
agree there wil be 5million noobs threads about it

but the noobs couldnt start threads [/b][/quote]
but there would be pms sent all over the place or they would be asking about it in other threads