Limiting low count spam and trolling

[Ryan Beal]

An idea that gets brought up on a regular basis is not allowing new members to start threads if they're under a certain number of posts. I've always been against the idea because it's harsh on new users. Never thought it would be very effective either. Having to take another look at custom usergroup promotions in vB did gave me an idea, though.

New users can post, but for their first 15 any thread they start will need to be approved by a mod or admin. 5 posts and under would require that we approve replies.

I think any extra effort on our part would end up being pretty minimal with those numbers, and we would quickly gain more control over the worst stuff. What do you think? I wouldn't want to do it if a majority of you weren't behind the idea. Also, Mason and Mat haven't approved this yet. Just throwing it out there.