I'm sure he'll monitor things accordingly. I like the idea of encouraging engagement and community building; there's a fine line between a thriving community and a spammy one.

I'm currently dealing with the same issue from slothbuzz hangs; we have very few users posting directly to hangs. Most post to threads/waves, which leaves the hangs section looking rather underwhelming, almost spammy.

sloth steps, it's nice to see Hive Grove evolving :)