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I agree that that's a good idea. It does worry me a little bit that since (as has been pointed out elsewhere) many people who come here for information are not terribly mature, or possibly even very intelligent, they may be easily frustrated and may simply leave without getting their question answered if they can't post.
Make no mistake, this is by no means universally true, but there are bound to be at least SOME people who just have their hearts set on posting their questions and getting a response from a live human being. And I have to say that that's understandable; I know I hate calling someplace and getting an automated voice menu.
On the other hand, the people who do the answering probably get frustrated by those same repetitious questions, and NuttyChick's idea might be the best compromise.
Where possible, splash screens or pages which must be read in order to progress with registering / logging in might help.
In the context of an Internet that is chock full of disclaimers and TOSs and EULAs, it's kind of hard to actually get anyone to read any block of text that they don't want to read. As little text as possible is a good thing; it increases the likelihood that it will actually be read.
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