Quote from: MisteredF on April 17, 2017, 01:09:22 AM

Why not disallow locked threads and self-moderated threads from anyone with less than maybe 75-100 posts particularly in the digital items fora?

And on that day, the Off-topic section was flooded by a mass posting spree.

It won't change anything. In fact, it may add to the amount of spam in the forum given that newbies would have to post x amount before they're able to create their shitty little threads in the digital goods section. And they would probably post in other sections to circumvent their problem, infiltrating the goods section.

Quote from: MisteredF on April 17, 2017, 01:09:22 AM

It won't SOLVE the problem but at least it would make it just a LITTLE harder and a little bit safer. There is nothing to lose by doing it and plenty to gain.

It would make it a little harder and safer but then at the same time you start getting Jr. Members posting threads instead of Newbies, which may give people some false confidence in the merchant. After all, people associate rank with trust. Which is not the case.

And the thing is, most intelligent people should be able to tell a scam from a legitimate trade offer. It is not the forum's job to baby idiots.