Which is how TIF's have been doing it up until this temporary recruitment drive. Is it not? You have massively over simplified. The people who have applied will have there forum history thoroughly checked, the same as any other new moderater that is nominated by a current staff member currently does. All this recruitement drive is doing is telling the admins who would be willing to take up the job. Some people are asked to take on the role and turn it down. In short its not just answer these questions correctly and *ping* you are a mod, congratulations. Still if someone with an infected computer managed to infect sensitive areas of the forum software/servers etc, we'd could be royally screwed. I believe this is sensible action, better to be safe than sorry.