It used to be you needed X posts before being able to post in marketplace. From what I have seen this rule seems to have gone away. The reasons for the original rule were obvious and should be reinstated.
The Off Topic forum is a lot of fun. It lets us get to know one another but that is not the purpose of this forum in general. We have had a rash of new users that are coming here just to discuss trivial social media issues. That is not the purpose of this forum and should be discouraged.
Posting in Off Topic (and market place) should be a privilege that is earned be discussing relevant subjects of the forum and that is electronics. I think, you should be required to have X number of posts before being able to post in these forums. Perhaps that number should be low, say 5 or 10 posts but there should still be at least some limit.
The Off Topic forum is a lot of fun. It lets us get to know one another but that is not the purpose of this forum in general. We have had a rash of new users that are coming here just to discuss trivial social media issues. That is not the purpose of this forum and should be discouraged.
Posting in Off Topic (and market place) should be a privilege that is earned be discussing relevant subjects of the forum and that is electronics. I think, you should be required to have X number of posts before being able to post in these forums. Perhaps that number should be low, say 5 or 10 posts but there should still be at least some limit.