Lack of new people is killing the backroom and the entire forum

[pevergreen]

I'm familiar with how the restrictions have changed. It's got the stage now where the JM is a member that cannot edit their posts. That is offputting for many new members - and not needed. It treats every new member as a potential troublemaker, bot, spammer or alt account to a banned member. This kind of paranoia is simply not needed and not present elsewhere and it gives a bad impression of the .org. This has been debated endlessly in the staff section and most staff came around to the idea that the JM should just go. Not sure what has happened since then though.

Busy, so only repsonding to this.
For at least 4 years, JM's couldnt edit, so its hardly new.

[caravel]

Busy, so only repsonding to this.
For at least 4 years, JM's couldnt edit, so its hardly new.

Ok you misunderstood me. A JM started off as a member that could not edit his post and could only post in the Entrance Hall. Much of this has changed and now only the restriction on post editing, posting in offtopic and smaller PM inbox size remains. With the EH system gone, JMs have been fully redundant for quite some time. Make sense now?

Later.

[pevergreen]

Ah yes, it does.