Denied Don't you think the 15 posts criteria is dated?

Think of it this way, in the end, you're encouraging users to put out 15 posts to view something that they were looking for. Obviously, you aren't going to get active users this way all the time. Instead, you'll get people spamming around quickly so that they can view the thread they want, and leave the site forever and not care about getting merely banned. This current system should, in my opinion, either be abolished or redesigned so that it works better. What are your thoughts?

EDIT: Also the "leecher alert" thing is just infuriating after reaching this criterion. Of course, a user who comes to look for help would not have any other help to give others, and if they did it'd be useless.