Exactly. I mean, of course I'd also make sure my posts weren't bad, but just the fact that I have to post to increase my post count to get thread creation rights is such a convoluted way of doing it. Contrary to you, I really don't feel comfortable with myself just doing that, so, as I said, I envision me taking ages to get to the necessary post count.
I agree, but only partially. I don't think the number is the core issue here, but the evaluation algorithm itself. In my mind, it doesn't make sense to use this restriction as a gauge of a good poster. That's why I suggested changing the logic to be "either 3 months, or 300 posts". But then, you get to an even weirder situation where there could be people rushing to 300 posts causing a flood in the board, which is also similarly terrible.
My conclusion is that considering post count at all is arguably a poor mechanism in and of itself and should be reconsidered.
Please don't get me wrong here: I fully understand the fact that we need a restriction. But maybe there would be a different way of managing it.
Has someone considered the possibility of posters having to provide proof of their background in some way? Like, posts/threads in other forums, etc, as proof that they are well intentioned and good mannered? I know this is more of a manual approach, but it would be very suitable considering we really just want to have trully good people posting here (which again, I totally agree with).