Well folks, it looks like we've been letting you all down. As you may or may not know, the registration process of PGD (with moderated users) isn't the nicest to deal with. In fact I do believe it's pushing potential new members away from the community, which really sucks.

So in my effort to correct this and do better, I'd like to know some of your experiences and things that you feel should be in that first email, Private Message or on the front page that would help make things simpler, more informative or down-right easier to figure things out here on the PGD community site.

I'm currently updating the welcome email to better explain the moderated user process in an effort to help all those who are not a spam bot get un-moderated and able to post freely as we would like you all to. Moderated user by default has been a necessary evil to help keep all this spam (that we still receive almost daily!) from showing up on the site and annoying everyone. (Who actually likes these random spams anyways, right?)

My hope is that we can help keep all those interested people coming and registering, but actually becoming a part of the community instead of getting annoyed and saying forget it. So please all recommendations and ideas are welcomed. (Except for removing user moderation, not happening anytime soon fellas! )