beanie42;109067 wroteIt is REALLY annoying, since these posts have no value. However, there are plenty of instances where lots of veteran forum members start making useless posts (or entire threads of them), so I don't see why you get punished simply because you are new.
If it is the same person, I'm sure the mods can determine it from IP logs, etc. and ban as necessary. However, if it is a bunch of new people (whether friends or not), there is nothing inherently wrong (meaning against the rules) with their posts. As much as I hate it, I don't think there is really anything that can/should be done, and the rest of us simply have to accept that the forum is growing (but not necessarily in quality). If we start banning/censoring based on the "worthiness" of the posts, we'd eliminate most of the content...
Honestly, I posted this in another thread in the Site Feedback area without seeing this first. I understand that some of us veterans post absolute garbage sometimes. And I don't feel that we have earned the right to type nonsense. However, the amount of pm's/live comments I get saying how funny a stupid post was or whatever blinded me to the fact that it is annoying if you just want decent content.
If tightening up on the board means I have to pull back from my nonsensical musings, I will. I would rather miss out on writing my one stupid comment a day then have the board in the shape it is now.
BRING ON THE CRACKDOWN!