Why the TweakGuides Forums so strict?
In late 2005 I started the TweakGuides Forums as a means of providing readers of the site with a place where they can interact with each other in a friendly, non-abusive environment. It’s a place to discuss the latest developments in the tech world in a mature and thoughtful manner. It is definitely not designed to be a free tech support forum, and the reason for this is explained in detail in the Forum Philosophy. I don’t want to emulate the many spam-filled childish and abusive forums there are around the Internet. For this reason, while the contents of the forums are freely available for anyone to read, to have full posting privileges you need to become an ‘Invited Member’ through the Invitation System. The system has been implemented because over the years, it became quite clear that most people simply wanted to use the TweakGuides Forums to beg for help and post questions they could easily answer themselves with a bit of effort. I want the forums to actually complement the guides
