Nursery for New Members

I am sure these new rules will put off people who simply want to join up and post a few bits and pieces they might have for sale.

I realise this is fantastic news to some and will probably cause excitement (and possibly arousal) amongst those who spend their time clicking on For Sale threads they have no interest in just to complain that this kind of thing is outrageous and should be removed (The Lndfgss.com 'fuck off' brigade.)

I think this is a victory for the forum's moral police, I guess many newcomers who have little interest in the non-classifieds side of the forum will just take their bike frames and parts elsewhere - and more people here will also have to look elsewhere for bike parts, great news for BLB, Chainreaction and big business like ebay/gumtree.

Unfortunate side effect of all the recent aliasing I suppose ! C'est la vie :) + :(

How many people are likely to be put off, do you think? I asking out of interest. I have never used the classifieds section of the site, but the point you raise is worth considering - but only if we can get some sort of estimate of the numbers of people likely to be put off.