Increase the Number of people who Contribute.

[Ground Zero]

This is just a suggestion which will most probably be denied, but im going to put it out there anyway.

To decrease the Amount of Leeching by a little bit, and to increase the amount of Contributing to MMOwned, New members should have at least X Amount of Rep or to beable to view Links.
Edit: Another variation of this idea could be, New members get a Limit, X amounts of Links they can view/click before they get blocked until they reach X amount of Rep.
I've considered the Pros and Cons of this and here they are.

Pros:
Reduces the amount of Leeching done by a bit.
Increases the Amount of Contributing into MMOwned.

Cons:
Could lead to Leechers posting reposts or useless threads to attempt to get their rep up.

- Ground Zero.

[maclone]

Most people register just to see the links, but then later they see that we got much more and contribute something.
When they need now 5 rep or need to wait e.g. a week to get anything from the site they'll be like "go **** yourselves, i don't get anything" and go to another site.

[eSko]

nice idea, but imho current leachers won't be able to contribute with some quality stuff if they weren't until now.. so as you said, we'll be flooded with reposts and fails :-(

[~OddBall~]

I don't think contribution should be a forced thing. I did join and found it very hard to get rep first off. As I stayed at the community longer and learnt things from the community, then I was able to start contributing...

Now i'm just a lazy mofo.

[burton992]

I was actually thinking of this, would be a good idea but alot of the hits to this site come from leechers so i doubt it would happen.

[P1raten]

Imho this would kill the spirit of new members.

Besides, theres no know hack/plugin to hide links for a certain usergroup.

Sure, KuR or whoever likes to develope stuff could edit a plugin. But i dont think that would happen.

[Zeluous]

One issue with this is that if you look on MMOwned now it is much harder to contribute anything new. Yes, You can help people in all the help sections but if you actually post something the chances are that it will have been posted before. Also, I don't see too much leeching.

RAMBLE: I really REALLY don't like the fact Lazy Leecher was removed=[

[goider]

Sad Fact #1:
MMOwned's owner likes money like the rest of the world.

Sad Fact #2:
Leecher's just like anyone else on this site bring traffic, ad clicks, and overall increase the website's face value and gross profits.

Sad Fact #3:
Sad Fact #s 1&2 go hand in hand, leechers however disliked are a necessary evil to keep MMOwned operating.

[Dragonshadow]

most people register just to see the links, but then later they see that we got much more and contribute something.
When they need now 5 rep or need to wait e.g. A week to get anything from the site they'll be like "go **** yourselves, i don't get anything" and go to another site.

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[idusy]

we'll be flooded with reposts and fails :-(

We already are. The exploits section is in sad enough shape already, this would make it oh so much worse.

If anything rep should be less glamorized, so the people that want to contribute will still contribute, and those who just C&P shit won't have as strong of a reason to.

[godmodeon]

yeah im a leecher but i want to contribute at the same time ya know?

[Koleo]

why should ppl even contribute if they risk getting -rep for it?(if its repost).

[Ground Zero]

Its very Rare people get -Rep.

Only those Stupid Enough to post something that is worth a -Rep or annoy a Admin.