There are actually not so many new folk who come noticeably spamming -- I've been very happy with the number of people who sign up, make conversation, and then after their 15 posts, become stalwart members of the community with lots of posting and interesting input. That's perhaps why the few who do not, and make posts that only consist of smiley faces stand out so much and try the patience. That's how I see it, anyway. So the goal with any kind of monitoring is not really to limit people posting, and not to punish them, it's more to encourage new people to post enough that we can get to know them because we want them around.
Which is part of the reason, perhaps, that we don't push for people to read at Manga Fox -- we want them here so we can visit with them and so our team who provides us with each new chapter gets thoroughly and resoundingly thanked.
It is an option, of course, and it might be one thing to suggest to those who really aren't wanting to participate in the forum. It seemed like it would be worth a try to include them here, first, however.
In the end, it probably isn't so necessary to implement anything new, as long as there are so few who spam just to get their count up. We'll all just have to work together when we see it happening to engage them in conversation so that they feel welcome and want to come back and say something further, even if their original intention wasn't to hang around.
