The spam in the newbie board has been tolerated since the 50 post rule came into being even though spam is not accepted on the main forums. Given most people have come to accept the change to the post rule now there is going to be a gradual cleaning up of the newbie board to reduce the number of spam threads. Those who spammed their way out of the newbie board need not worry about seeing their post count suddenly drop as none of the old spam threads will be deleted, just locked and allowed to slip to the bottom out of site. New spam threads however will be deleted.