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As someone that used to be an NU/W regular, New Users can be a stressful forum to post in, so it isn't really easygoing all the time as it appears, but I digress.
But my concern lies in this: How do you know if there isn't going to be an influx of threads? I think it's a perfectly natural thing for people to want to get to be asked questions! That and, whatever the longevity limit is for members to post there (let's assume four months, like you said), there'll be a good 70-80% of members that meet that limit... Haha, I could be thinking of just the worst case scenario here (in that case, just disregard what im saying), which is that the approval thread would get flooded with requests, and then like 10 or 20 threads would be made within the span of like 30 minutes to an hour, which was pretty much what happened when this forum was made. I'm only going by that, after all!
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I was once an NU/W regular as well, and best friends with one of the ex-mods of the forum. I know how it goes behind the scenes as well as what we all see, so bringing that up is rather irrelevant to me.
What I meant was that there is a better traffic flow in this forum than there is in The Welcome Lounge. I've already said it. Threads are under an approval system and there's a wait list for members. There will likely be a requirement with time spent on PC as well as posts made, so while it may get some spikes in activity, I'm sure that the smods modding over this forum, and any future moderator, will be able to take care of it just fine when it goes out into the public. And you also have to realize, not everyone wants to make one. I didn't want to make one originally. There are other supporters that felt the same, and I'm sure there will still be members that don't want to make one either. So don't assume that opening the forum to the public means "omg everyone is gonna want one!" Yes, there will be a big majority in the beginning, but it'll slow down a bit, just like it has lately with it being only supporters and staff. Yes there will be spikes too. What forum doesn't have them? It will be handled just fine, rest assured.
Chris already made another point I wanted to say. It's going to get boring getting to know only supporters, especially when you consider that most supporters are already well known around the forum anyway. I want to know some of the other people on PC. And they shouldn't have to pay for the opportunity for the rest of the forum to get to know them and for them to get to know the rest of the forum.