No-one has control on how a poster may express themselves, I certainly think there are many who are incapable of thinking for 5 minutes prior to posting stupid pointless topics. I'm guessing there are a large number of dumb posters who don't even know how to research, they're just lazy and post in order to be noticed. But yes, lots of new posters come to ET and stay for a few days (if that) and are gone again. Maybe a suggestion would be, allow free access to ET for anyone, but if you wish to be a posting new member, there is a one off $10 registration fee. That would sort out the wheat from the chaff and also act as a deterrent for multi nic posters.