OK...lots of folks biatch and moan about newbies, lamers and such (and probably me too, for that matter) that dilute the forums and post whores who post in nothing but GCC, Cosmos and Tech Humor to get their post count up and gain status. Admittedly, the horse is already out of the barn here, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't fix the barndoor. I think that the 3 afore-mentioned forums, GCC, Cosmos and Tech Humor should be EARNED benefits with the same threshold that is in place with the Addicts forum. We've had quite a few newbies stirring up crap in those forums lately, so why don't we just take their little soapbox away from them? Admittedly, they will post in the wrong forums for a while, but if Neg and MsMittens just DELETE those posts then things should calm down and the site could be re-focused on security matters. Any thoughts?