I've said it before, and I'll say it again....

Many issues can be solved by simply restricting new members from starting a thread.

I originally proposed it to help the mods to make it harder for trolls get new ids or spammers selling the product to use FT, but it can also help newbies get familiar with FT before starting new topics.

Link to my original suggestion posted in Talk Board Topics

http://web4.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=635115