I’m noticing a very high rate of people clearly posting comments (often useless) simply so they can put a link in the post.

I’d highly recommend adding in a minimum number of posts necessary before someone can link and I’d set a reasonably high number such as 20 or 30.  I’m even happy to help technically make this happen.

Awesome forum - would love to see it abused less.

Dave Davies, CEO
Beanstalk SEO