Senior Member forum?

A forum where you have to be a member for X amount of time before you can view it. I'm not sure what purpose it would serve or anything like that, it was just a random idea. Maybe it would keep new members around just because of the secrecy factor, humans are curious creatures.

They can make it so that you ahve to have x amount of posts before you view one, but why would you want to do that?

That would just encourage new people to spam. I really have no reason for this idea, it was just a random idea.

Of course, by that logic, your idea would encourage them to join and check back. You need to base it off of memberlevel; that's pretty much flawless. .

your idea would encourage them to join and check back.

That's the point, it would keep them around.

What would be in this forum? Just another chat forum for older members without the spam of the newer ones, or some special kind of thing and discussions?

I have a feeling this would just lead to most of the members using mainly that section... leading to even more of the "this forum is inactive" vibe that new members get... since they can't see what's being posted.

Maybe, then, make some of the current forums accessible to only the members who have been here for some time.

For example the forums that don't want a lot of spam - Flame Forum, Life Discussion Forum, Forum Discussion.

That way the forums stay active, and you don't get spam from new members where you don't want it.

I have a feeling this would just lead to most of the members using mainly that section... leading to even more of the "this forum is inactive" vibe that new members get... since they can't see what's being posted.

I fully agree with that. I feel that new members arn't staying very long because they feel that we arn't an active forum. They just come, make five posts, then leave. Some do stay, but a lot leave.