[Joe Forster/STA]

Hi guys,

@ash2dust2: Not only warez kiddies but also spammers may be discouraged about the initial forbidding of posting articles. After all, who would bother to wait for hours or days just to be able to drop some bull****...?

@Sidney: Part of my job is user support. Believe me, I know _very well_ that most people are simply not used to reading _before_ asking! However, if you "help" them by actively calling their attention to the forum stickies (the constantly updated and always current forum rules) or just the general idea of getting familiar with the forum (or _any_ forum, for that matter) before really using it (posting articles) then that may also help them, not only us. (Of course, provided that they're willing to learn, as I said before!) But you really gotta do that at the very moment that their registration is finished, with large, bold and blinking letters so that they don't have the chance to not notice! _Then_ will it be completely acceptable for everyone to apply instant bans upon the violation of forum rules. (And, even then, be gentle with people when they violate _new_ forum rules: ones that have been added in the last X days/weeks...)

Joe