Is there some reason for this? Aside from it may help cut down on spam bots (but shouldn't that decision be left to the admin of the forum?). Mainly on forums that have no one around to moderate and have been abandoned?
This also cuts down on "real" members too. Most are too lazy to register, then making them jump through the extra hoops is pushing it.
Now, I've found a couple of topics here on this already, and none of them answered the question directly. Only the "options" one has to contend with. Now that I understand my options as they currently exists, I'll ask the question: Do you have any plans of ever enabling member self-activation on the user created forums in which you host?
This also cuts down on "real" members too. Most are too lazy to register, then making them jump through the extra hoops is pushing it.
Now, I've found a couple of topics here on this already, and none of them answered the question directly. Only the "options" one has to contend with. Now that I understand my options as they currently exists, I'll ask the question: Do you have any plans of ever enabling member self-activation on the user created forums in which you host?