Some clarification, on your time.

[Skunk1966]

Any specific reason why you guys made it so new users can't see links ? I thought I got banned for some reason but I just didn't notice you added a new rule recently.

we want members to get involved in the forums and contribute. Most new registrations were done by leeches who only registered to download and never returned again. Only a few members were responsible for starting new threads which is silly when you look at the total members registered here at AiO. Now members need to be active and really need to contribute/post threads/useful replies.
The above all adds up to AiOwares becoming better and better instead of being just an easy place to download stuff without any effort

im curious for this questions... For example... 1. If someone is offline for too long... or 2. If they stop making posts, will that person get banned?

nope