[wp-forums] Accounts registering just to post personal links

[mrmist]

In message <4BB7EDB5.3080507 at ntlworld.com>, Mark Duncan 
<wp-t31os at ntlworld.com> writes
>Sounds like a good middle ground.
>
>I'm still not sure whether i'm actually for shutting down / removing 
>that forum all together but i like the idea proposed. This is precisely 
>why i love open discussion, even something so simple as closing(as 
>appose to removal) never even entered my mind...
>

Closing could be an idea.  I suppose what has to be balanced up is -

Legitimate users wanting to show off their stuff
Spammers and SEO leeches abusing the forum
Will closing / removing the forum simply push all this elsewhere

Another alternative to closing etc. would be to put up a sticky giving 
some ground rules and start moderating the area like crazy to keep it 
clean.

I guess if it were closed to new posts and there was a backlash it 
wouldn't be difficult to re-open.
-- 
mrmist