Quote Originally Posted by mudski View Post
Why not just remove the 25 post thingo and let them down load it and then they won't fill the forum with 25 post of crap. Or, don't have them available, or, only have them available upon request. any of those ideas would surely stop the 25 post of crap. But then again, how many people do come here just for the manuals, and then find themselves stuck here and making friends?
Because that is not my call, Personally I would remove the 25 post rule but only have it available to paying forum members

Quote Originally Posted by AB View Post
Cuppa nailed it right there. I apologise for the ship that gets put on here from time to time but its the foundation of building this place. It bought a lot of traffic to the forum and we snagged a lot of members and good friends as a result of it folks
Yes the manuals do bring a lot of traffic 2 the forum but what does this traffic really do for you / the forum?

I don't believe "we snagged a lot of members and good friends as a result of it" I think those like me stayed because of the friendly ( 99% of the time ) community we have here. And yes I did find the forum by doing a google search on GQ manuals, but that has nothing to do with me staying. If you took a poll on who came for the manuals and stayed and done a search between 0 post and 25 posts. I would put money on more people grabbed the manuals and haven't been back and that's even taking into account 50% 0 post for spammers.