Have we finally reached maturity?

[GeorgeTH]

Originally posted by RawAlex
...I have huge IP blocks out there to keep the worst of the worst off my submit page. If I didn't I would be looking at literally hundreds more crappy unlistable sites per day.

All systems unfortunately have their flaws... I remember back in 2001 I spent about 6 months in Europe, and during that time I lost several important submissions spots due to IP blocks; I was using pay-per-minute ISPs (or for 3 weeks only internet cafés in Croatia) since I wasn't a resident and an ISP contract didn't make any sense...
When I returned home several sites had gone 'password only', and despite numerous emails never replied (uh-oh comes to mind; the previous year they had listed almost every one of my submissions, traffic was good, but all my emails were ignored!). And most Brownie scripts simply delete passwords after 3 months of no access...

The big question is: will submission accounts cut off all newbies? The trustworthy ones as well as the clueless and outright-malicious cheaters?
Is that what everybody wants?

When did you start, as a newbie, and how would you have felt about running into shut doors everywhere you turned?