4x4dually
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The only drawback with limiting people to a sandbox till your sure they are legit is you would lose about 85% of new real members. Most people join a forum to talk in a thread they found via google or get involved in something that interested them. Newbie land isnt going to keep folks like that. Most dont join right off the bat and just watch till they feel ready to get involved and want to get in instantly. They will go elsewhere if they can't.
Locking them out for a time would stop all spam but would end up killing the sites in the long run.
Balancing against spam and keeping things fun for members is a rough balancing act.
We gots over 30,000 logged user names. It wouldn't hurt if we lose 50% of the new ones because of a delay. The serious ones would wait it out. If they ain't serious, no loss. 50% of the newbs end up being tards anyway. Just sayin'.