I have noticed that some members have expressed doubts about the credibility of newbie members who open the topic, ask a question and then no longer participate in the discussion. It is certainly not logical to say that all such cases are actually alt accounts that start a discussion in which they then engage with their signature accounts, but there is no doubt that some members are doing just that. How to prevent such behavior while at the same time not deny newbie members who really need help to ask legitimate questions?

The first proposal is to create a board dedicated only to newbie members, and that board should be signature free, but the question is how to force newbies to post there, unless they were denied access to post anywhere on forum. This is probably a bad idea, but it may have potential with some modifications.

The second suggestion focuses more on a topic opened by a newbie member to be automatically locked in let's say 5 answers in the event that the topic launcher does not ask a new question or reply in any other way. I know it is possible that the answer to a question is not given in 5 answers, but if we look at the Beginners & Help board a specific answer to the question will probably be in the first 5 posts.

Would such a measure (or something similar) make any sense at all, does it limit the forum's freedom of expression and whether it can prevent the abuse of a newbie accounts?