I joined his forum after I bought my Herald, the reasons were simple - help, advice and background information. All of which I got and still continue to get. I do look at threads that aren't necessarily Herald based if I think they might add to my knowledge.
In addition to my reasons for joining I get the 'free extras', humour, social interaction and even the risky topics of politics and religion. Ok, so just very occasionally there is a bit of 'unpleasantness' a small price to pay.
What to ban? Difficult to decide and varies from person to person. I would say leave it all in and let the reader pick what to look at and what to skip.
As for the ranking system, well having a newbie title for a while does give others a warning that the poster might need a simpler explanation or additional info to a more experienced owner.
The number of posts and other titles? A bit of fun and about as serious as astrology.
Hang on, we don't have that as a sub section.
" This week the stars warn us that Heralds first registered in July will have an encounter with a breakdown recovery vehicle. On the other hand GT6s with the same star sign will give out a warm feeling to their drivers".