Originally Posted by
ScottC
It is pretty substantial, on average I'd say we see anywhere from 2-10 spammers a day with up to 10 posts. But as I said; the HOM team is aware of the issues and has a package of tools ready to deal with them soon...
Wow, I didn't realize it was that many! It really would help you guys if there was some way to deal with this fairly automatically.
Regarding the main topic:
It may sound a bit ironic coming from me, since I'm the guy who keeps raising concerns about threads in Travel Buzz, but I am also opposed to keeping new members from starting threads. I think most new folks come here BECAUSE they have a problem no one has been able to solve and when they discover the depth of knowledge on this site, it really starts them on the right track to become strong advocates and members.
However, a somewhat more conservative approach of limiting the number of threads a new member can start to, say, one a week until they have been around a while, might well suffice.