I'm a fairly private person and don't post a lot on any message board but I'm a member of several. I see a lot of good posts but many undesirable posts as well. I find it interesting that my worth as a seller is measured by an arbitray post count. Prior to the new 15 post rule, I bought, sold and traded quite a bit on this board and had only postive experiences. I have sent numerous friends to the board since I see a lot of value here....even if I'm not one to post a bunch (just like I'll never be on Facebook or Twitter).

I'd be happy to pay a reasonable annual fee to support the board, pay for an ad, etc. but I doubt that I'll ever have a high post count. I doubt there is a magical answer to weed out the bad folks (both buyers and sellers) but if the selected method will be a high post count, I'll just quietly move on and sell my items elsewhere.

PS If I was allowed to post in the For Sale section, I'd have my Springfield M21 listed right now.