Quick Explanation of Our New Registration Policy

[Timerlane]

For our current members, you may have noticed a dramatic dropoff in spam posts(essentially none except for random guest-post spam), and I never took the time to explain what happened.

All new registered members are automatically on moderator review for one post. All we ask is that you make one, reasonably coherent, on-topic post, and we'll approve it and kick your account up to normal member status.

If you're new and just want to ask a simple question or ask for help, you're still free to guest-post normally in the AC Help and User Feedback forums.

Apologies for any inconvenience, but the spambots were getting totally out of hand.