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Originally Posted by mx
Right now it's a day. I don't want to discourage new, legitimate users that much
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yeah I thought of that. But I think there's a point where your priorities should shift from getting more members to having good members. The SA forum charges $10 for a sign up, and that doesn't discourage people from signing up. Not saying you should charge money, I'm just saying that if someone thinks this forum is worth their time, they'll wait a few days. If not, then the forum isn't really worse off without them. Combined with permanent bans, I think this is a good way to deal with people who cause trouble. If it takes 10 seconds to ban someone, and three days for them to get another working account, then the moderators are going to win over time. The user might persist, but they're going to grow tired of it before the moderators do.