superchunk on 12 May 2008
No on both counts.
Restricting thread creation would have the side effect of slowing down the overall forum as most people on this site don't even create threads.
To full fill the post count rules people would just spam the off-topic section. I like an occasional new thread opened by a newb. They really good ways to get to know what type of person they really are, for better or worse. When they are for the bad, they are usually interesting threads. :)
