What's with all these ads or worse?

Much better! And real activity seems to have increased. Great job guys.

 

Would it be that difficult to make it so that ANY initial post by a new user would have to be approved by a moderator before the user was accepted? It seems like that would eliminate much of the spam. And frankly, I don't think the demand her for new accounts by REAL users is so heavy that it would limit traffic.

 

It's a good idea but the forum has to be programmed that way. You might suggest it to Doobie.

 

OK, now they're just trollin'.