New member registration is closing soon!

Registration is now open. It will close again at 100,000 members.

And so it begins.

Did you put the auto-spellcheck on? ;)

Yes.

It looks like the end of June or maybe the first couple of days in July and we will hit 100,000. Then we can take the rest of the summer off. Maybe longer? :)

At what amount of members will you permantly close the registration?

Permanently? No idea, could happen at any time though. (See if that speeds registrations up any : )

Thunder,

Do you delete the “unused” accounts at all?

T-

Why not just open it up first week of the month, each month, for however many sign on— that way the non-member occasional readers would know when to come back should they care?

And vetting new members would be a cyclical thing.

You could have a whole system in place—

Week 1 - registration— full forum reading privileges only
W 2-3 - newbies only post in newbie forum regardless of post count— mandatory spellcheck
W 3-4 - newbies only start threads in newbie forum regardless of post count— mandatory spellcheck on OPs
W 5 on—- depending on post count newbies are full TPers for posting/ threading purposes- spellcheck optional but strongly recommended.

Such a mechanical approach might alleviate some of the same old same old— although I do appreciate that it must be like herding cats.

Ever thought of having a specific newbie forum mod— not so much for PE inquiries, but rather as a Basic Training DI*?

Just spitballing.

* “LISTEN UP!! There's a right way, a wrong way and a Thunder's way— you WILL become proficient in Thunder's way and you WILL follow it for as long as your on the man's free PE site- DO you hear me maggots … ?

SPEAK UP MAGGOTS—- AH CAIN'T HAIR YU”?

:gijoe:

No. Limiting registrations is not a “space” thing, it’s a “time” thing.

We had a similar set up previously andro. Still too time consuming because it always seemed like it was “on” to me. Extended off is better for me. :)

Oh well- just a thought.

It was a good thought andro.

Should you choose to give it a go again and are looking for duty roster bodies, let me know.

Apart from the occasional odd stylistic/ font size choice I’d like to think my shit’s pretty squared away.

The problem with making good (or great) posters into moderators is that they stop posting. :) Some even disappear right after being moderated.