I'm pretty sure that number is much closer to 100 than to 5.

And it could have the potential to grow.

I do legit think that such an area would simply be too scant of people to ever justify its existance or else would lead to people spamming junk in every thread that was made just to up their post count to try to "be good".

No offense but that suggestion is horrible, segregating a public forum, really? A person should not be excluded from the "good" discussions because they are new to the website, or they don't post enough, or because they got banned once who knows how long ago.

Posting appears to work.

What happens when you just press New Topic?

I think I'd qualify for this rather exclusive club but even I don't think it's a good idea.

Firstly acting like a human being on the forums should be expected, normal behaviour i.e. something you are supposed to do, not something that needs to be rewarded.

Secondly, the occasional ban never hurt anyone but is necessary from time to time ot make people pull their heads in.  Many long time, quality posters have a few bans under their belts and I wouldn't want them excluded from any discussion because of an occasional slip up.  I've even seen new users who hit this website with a little too much, let's say, enthusiasm, reform and become excellent contributors after being handed out a few bans and learning what is and isn't acceptable around here.

Also, as has already been alluded to, having an exclusionary policy that punishes new users simply isn't fair.

Finally I don't think the 'reward' for belonging to such a club would be sufficient to motivate people to avoid bans, an exclusive club needs to have a hook, something cool like free booze or cigars, not sure how that would work here.

What you would have is an area where friends of the mods and a certain fan base are able to post all to themselves.

This would never work because some mod make up their own rules to ban those they do not like while others twist them to justify banning people they do not like.

We need good competent mods who follow the rules and don't show bias before we start letting them reward their friends only with special perks. Like how some of them can insult users, troll, etc and the only people that get banned are those that stand up to the trolls

There is a thread for mod criticism and it's supposed to be kept in that thread no matter how... creative the criticism is.

Nothing, just the usual. I tried making a thrend on that board but it showed up on the front page. Only spurge and Marucha know how to make a thrend there.

It's not too hard guys.

EDT: section 8. Didn't post it in 0.