Originally Posted by
Mary2e
If they have a question they can't find an answer to, or have some information they would like to share that hasn't already been shared, a moderator could post the question or comment. I think that's far less a burden than cleaning up the forums.
This also can't really be answered unless we know the amount of effort is involved with moderation of spammers. While you may be right, there will now be more moderator interaction with new members. And even though spammers may be causing a problem today, it may be more limited than having a host of new members sending PMs to moderators.