I'm not really sure how this all works...but...

How many more activation emails get forgotten about these days? Lets consider the time it takes for an account to be reviewed and fully activated... you know if you don't catch it just in the time, those hotmail junk-boxes usually delete them within a day or so. Seems like it takes about a month for an account to be reviewed and fully activated does it not? I feel that if anything... it drives would-be posters away. Considering how slow things have gotten you'd think that someone would be trying to bring in some posts (not to mention traffic.) That doesn't seem to be happening though.

Is it true that you've made all these changes just to keep |The|Specialist at bay?

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