Phew. Can we please get rid of that forced moderation for new members' posts?

[Stefan Reich]

It feels like riding a bike with f***ing training wheels. I can already post on my own, I'm an adult, thank you very muchhh in advance for your cooperation.

[Clinton]

The short answer is no.

The pre-moderation isn't to teach you how to post, it's to combat spam. 99% of new registrants are here to spam these boards and drop links to their sites. Maybe more than 99%, in the last 24 hours we've probably had more than 100 new registrants. Most of them are not even people, they're bots.

Us not having new members' posts go public immediately on posting works as a major disincentive for spammers to play their games here.