I agree with you to a point there, Phil, there was a scam on only last night where some chancer was trying to 'swap' a Rapid 7 for X Box kit and whoever it was was clued up enough to be able to delete negative replys, so the site's been hacked to a certain extent
30 post minimum?? Maybe but then there'll be loads of and and replys to boost the member's post count...
A 'trusted member' sounds like a good idea to me, not sure how it'd work but I think I get the idea....
Armchair experts.... Hmmmm, any public forum will always get the odd numpty who posts rubbish bassed on lit