Bubble Wrote: A long time ago I had a..."harsh" approach. All new members are allowed access to a curtain forum, like a quarantine (I know it sounds terrible). Once "verified", they will unlock the other forum section. So it's pretty harsh yeah.
It's a good idea but with how many other forums there are like this, it's very easy for them to just choose somewhere else to leech from. I think there needs to be techniques to draw them in and choose this community, then hopefully they stick around and contribute.