[preemz10314]

Well, I have a minimum of a 3 post count before they can see signatures. This does increase activity. And to be honest, every forum will have leachers. Every single one in the world will have a good amount of leachers, thats the uphill battle with creating a successfull forum. Eventually over some time, active members will stumble in, encouraging more activity then you may even notice one or two of the signature leachers start to post here and there.

Let me say this, it seems you have the member part under control, which is what counts when making a forum, I mean what is a forum with no members, leachers. It's a fail. Thats half the battle, getting members. If users are creating signatures then its a matter of time before they want to show them off in posts on your forum... fight thru it. You have activity even if they make sigs and leave it is still activity most forums when created just die off... be gratefull you have at least that. Now just work on creating quality posts and topics.

Instead of trying to sever the activity to force posts. Encourage it, embrace it, use it to your advantage, say..by creating a "signature of the week or month" thread where users can just make a post saying anything like "MY sig is the best vote for me"...this will break the ice for them and maybe they will be more willing to post, it may even spark debate among others wihich is great let them fight over eachothers signature.. dont try to ever block activty on a forum, use it to your advantage, would you rather they just hit your page and instantly X out never returning? OR make a sig, then leave....think about it..