This is difficult.. if we lock everything it may seem like we are a bunch of elitists and most people won't bother with us.. I agree with the notion that the new member should at least introduce themselves and post a few times, though 50 may be a touch too high especially if all the threads were locked up ? I'd forget the locked idea but maybe limit their ability to start their own threads until they hit the 50 post mark!! if they try and spam to that limit the Mods can kill it before it happens anyway.. maybe lock a few threads as you suggest but I agree the off topic should stay open.
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