I think a moderation system would generally be better than making everyone do five pointless posts.
If everyone had a bury button, spammy and trolly posts would simply go out of sight.
I agree. Im more of a lurker and can't really find anything meaningful to post on the Newbie forums. I've had a 940Mhash/s rig up and running for several weeks now and would love to share my results with the mining forum but can't. Instead im stuck here looking something to post with little substance i.e. great post, nice app, etc.