Is it not feasible to make the site acessible for reading but "Registered Memebrs Only" for posting?

As a moderator elsewhere, the answer would be yes - but how time-consuming can you make the checks before membership is approved - the moderators aren't paid employees covering the forum 24/7.

What a good idea, Hamsafar: I 've just done that for S******* - which I trust will come up as asterisks in a moment.

RT - I quite agree. My general feeling is that there are other more important things in the world to get worked up about. We don't allow free adverts, so I hide the offending threads - but in the time it takes for me to see them, all that will have happened is that more people will have been put off the brand. Firms trying to get free advertising are likely to cheat on their customers as well.

But ultimately if you don't want to look at such threads, don't click on them.

Edited by Avant on 12/07/2014 at 23:05