re: How is everything going? Is everyone happy?

I mean it's worth testing out.

The regulars won't mind because we all have more than enough posts to qualify. It might hurt the site in regards to gaining new posters. Some might not want to put the effort into reaching a certain post quota just to be able to start a thread, which I think would cultivate and encourage better posters. But that would hurt the site's overall statistics/numbers (from a marketing standpoint). A good salesman can use that to his benefit though.