Willie, I see your point and agree to a certain degree.
Certainly, the number of post per day/week is something to take into account. That's one of the reasons I like XPT a lot: I have the chance to catch up with most threads every day and it doesn't cost me half a day.

But this poster was banned within 24 hours; smartt, Darth and several others had a lot more time to settle in (and eventually fuck up).

But neither of the reasons you give, were mentioned by Gia for the banning of the OP of this thread.

FWIW, I'd rather see the return of Fatman than 5 new posting members joining XPT. But beggars can't be choosers, I guess...