What about invite only, but open signups on Fridays or something like that? Then new users can join if they browsed and liked it during the week AND it will make moderation efforts significantly easier. (Plus it would allow for the bulk of moderation to happen on the weekend when people have time to do that).
An account cooldown would be similar, but doesn't have the advantage of loading the heavy moderation work onto the weekend when people have more time.
What about invite only, but open signups on Fridays or something like that? Then new users can join if they browsed and liked it during the week AND it will make moderation efforts significantly easier. (Plus it would allow for the bulk of moderation to happen on the weekend when people have time to do that).
An account cooldown would be similar, but doesn't have the advantage of loading the heavy moderation work onto the weekend when people have more time.