You guys really should have thought about this a bit more before you implemented an ever increasing barrier for content. Of course there is going to be more nonsense threads, especially because thread creation is rewarded more than just posting.
I really dislike when you have to grind unfun parts of the game. It's fine to grind a core mechanic like combat, but having to talk to a character and then skip a day to do it again x 100 is just tedious and unfun. Luckily games seem to have been moving away from that for the most part.