Now I don't like to argue against a moderator because I want to get validated but in this case I just have to agree with kris. Surely adding any sort of comment to a topic is adding content, wether it be bad or good. Its fair enough that people get warning points but I don't think that they should just for posting a short comment that you may not find interesting or helpfull. Why does it matter... This is a forum and posts will drift off topic occassionally but we all know that they will come back to the original topic in the end. I do spend alot of time on trials-forum and put alot of effort in to my posts and I totally understand why you mods are there, but sometimes you can get a bit over-the-top with things. I think you should allow new members to be more free so you can understand if they are genuine or not. Some people may be completely fake and once they are validated be total idiots but thats just my view. Apollogies if I have interpretted your posts wrongly but I think I have a good grasp of what you are getting at.