ILLUMINATUS Says
i think the newbies shouldn't b allowed to open new threads.. atleast for the firt 15 days or so.. cos it takes them that much time to understand the ways n rules of the forum.. n by 15 days i meant 15 logged in days.. there r quite a few who log in once in 15 days so thats not gonna serve the purpose..
Very good Idea, I Second it .... when the newbies will not get a chance to open a new thread they would be froced to search the topic for which they would otherwise started a new thread.
Azeem
What we are saying here is that we curtail the n00b's right to free speech because we think that the n00b is not smart enough. That's a double jhatka. One, we hold him from his fundamental right to speak freely. Two, we do that because we think he's not smart enough.
See... its not that easy. We get close to a 1000 posts per day (PG - that's the number you said, right?) And of these, only a few are by n00bs. We are among the very few forums that have strong self moderation. It makes a lot of admin sense if n00b's are not allowed to create new threads... I myself requested that some posts ago. However, by doing that, we may actually insult the intelligence of the n00b... many of whom are desperate for info when they join.
One aspect of this is that whenever such a n00b thread comes into action, it becomes a spammer's paradise. That, unfortunately, cannot be helped unless the spammers (and they know who they are) follow self moderation and hold themselves from posting in every new thread that opens up.
And if we actually curtail a n00b from opening a new thread, by saying that s/he must first have that many posts in one's account, then only can they start a new thread... in a way, isn't that an invitation to start spamming? The n00b will rush to finish that many posts ASAP, by hook or crook...
Everything has two sides, just like a coin...
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