I didn't feel it was a huge issue being moderated, just shocked as it was very unexpected.
And perhaps that is the point.
bigbadron:
The forum gets maybe two or three posts a week (total, including all posts that comply with the rules and the ones that are moderated).
While there may not be a lot of posts, I took a look through them and found an abundant (as a percentage) amount of moderation of the original post and/or replies.
If nothing else, maybe their should be a change to the Notice line
Notice: Required Reading: What this forum is for.
For one, the "What this forum is for." maybe should be dropped so that it just says "Required Reading". Personally I saw that and figured "well, it's obvious what this forum is for so I don't need to read that."
Second, something to help draw ones eyes to it. Color, bold, larger text?
Something Like:
Notice:
Required Reading
This message was last edited by the user at 13:08, Wed 04 Mar 2015.