Quote Originally Posted by jord0690 View Post
Great topic. I've got a few ideas myself.

First, I've noticed there are many fly by night scrappers. Here one minute gone the next. Whether they lose interest or realize it's not quick money and quit. One idea is, when a member is inactive for (insert time here) they are sent a warning or reminder that they have not shown any activity or updates on the forum. And if there is still none after (insert time here) the account is disabled or flat out removed. Take myself for example. I took a long hiatus for certain reasons. If this idea was implemented and I was sent a warning, I would have made it clear I wanted to remain a member. Other fly by night guys that called it quits may and probably would just ignore it.

Second, what if there was a certain amount of time you have to spend reading posts before you could actually make your own? If it's possible to keep track of this, it would weed out all those who are fly by night wanna be's who aren't truly into scrapping, As well as educate the new members before they even get to make a post, potentially keeping repeat questions off the forum. Again, personally I would 110% spend the time reading required to post. I'm in this because I enjoy it and money is a great side effect.

Lastly, I think that writing a sentence during registration to prove potential members can use proper punctuation would be huge. It's really REALLY frustrating reading posts that have no commas or periods. Whether it's possible to have it monitored automatically or if a mod would need to approve it.


These are just ideas from deep inside my brain, whether or not they are possible, I don't know!
In Response to Jord0690 :

1st: Is the actual amount of members a problem?

2nd: Wouldn't they have to post during this education? (Ha ha I'm funny!)

3rd: I have to respectfully disagree due to the fact that in having something like this implemented we would lose out on the contributions of individuals who have helped us all out at one time or another - despite not having their PHD in English. After all - the point of conversations and the sharing of ideas is to be understood, isn't it?