Wow, from that era, but never encountered this (did not Usenet much though). Still, maybe this kind of staggered onboarding into forums isn't that bad of an id

Wow, from that era, but never encountered this (did not Usenet much though). Still, maybe this kind of staggered onboarding into forums isn't that bad of an idea. Its not like a site couldn't enforce it. Sign up to join. Get email indicating when participation begins.