Topic: Brand new / Newbie accounts shouldn't be allowed to post links early on - page 2. (Read 359 times)

How is this going to stop them?
They will just create the account, wait for 24 hours make the post and be done with, it might deter your lonely manual copy-paste spammer that just wants to post as many ref links on as many websites as possible but it won't do much if some service really wants to spam the forum!
As soon as they learn that there is 24h delay they will adapt accordingly!


Newbie jail has nothing to do with this, newbies still can't post images so what's the difference in restrictions?

It's straightforward probably because it's AI-generated. 3 out of 6 of the AI detectors on @nutildah's "AI report report" thread confirms it. I've already reported the post to the moderator, hopefully, it gets taken down soon if truly confirmed to be AI-generated.

doesn't anyone think Megan is a hired spammer from Fiverr and not really a newbie who wanted to learn?
i'm having doubts this sisi is not a sister. he is not coming back to reply to his thread for he already achieved what he is here for. when another contract is signed that will pay him per link, he will create another account with the name Zendaya once again.  

anyway, one link is not gonna help winwinbet.app but if several newbies come and post the same link and then disappear again. that's really something.

even if it is just a 24-hour restriction it could still deter newbies who actually like to learn or have questions, bitcointalk isn't the only platform where people talk about Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. I know the things that you mentioned can be annoying but if the forum wants to attract new people it shouldn't restrict them so much.

The problem is how do you quantify which products or services is a legit one, we have seen accounts here who aren’t newbies promotes scam services or projects too. Although a restriction like this will reduce it but scammers will be scammers they will still wait to the certain time frame you suggested to be added before they do their deed. I definitely agree with no too much restrictions on newbies as others have stated. My own input is cases like that brought by Oshosondy shouldn’t be left untreated by the admins/mods.

Scams aren’t regulated here, last I check so we all should just be careful on clicking any links

Yes it is very annoying. But I noticed on this forum that even after they restricted newbies to some level, they still permit them to have freedom to post what they want. Also I noticed somethings that has been said for newbies to be restricted, the admin are not doing anything. You can see many newbies with loan request on the lending board. People have reported it that newbies should not be allowed to post there but nothing done till now. We should just leave some things as they are.

I don't like the idea of adding new restrictions to newbies besides the ones the forum already has. If we want new people to come here, they shouldn't be treated like potential fraudsters and made to jump through hoops to be able to use the forum like the rest of us.

Advertising a site on the forum isn't against the rules if done right. But that advertisement might perhaps break other rules and be the reason why such posts could be deleted. If it's spam, off-topic, or advertisement in threads created by other users, you can report it as such and the mods will probably delete it.

I am not sure what the moderators do in situations where, for example, you gather proof of 10 brand-new accounts promoting and sharing the same links with some bullshit story as reason why they do it. Would those be deleted or are the reports left unhandled?

I know that, but isn't his theory about genuine newbie users who join the forum intending to learn, grow, and stay?


That's what annoys me. I know that it might not be a huge problem, but I just thought maybe this could be reduced so that only genuine and legit services are promoted because projects and services that use such promotional methods can barely be genuine or legit.

This is not a bad idea if the problem has become recurring enough and involves a large amount of the newbies who register on the forum. As it is, this is not a crisis situation as yet, mods are able to manage properly the handful of spammers who come online to share their links, there's no need at the moment to make major changes to the rules.

This user is looking for ways to let people know his site that consists of casinos sites. But I do not know if it is legit or not legit but I have a good example for you which is this

Why not temporary ban coinmapai199264?

This user has more than 10 to 20 alts on this forum. He will leave and come back again. After he rested for like a week or two, he came back posting the malware file for people to download and he came again and again with multiple accounts all the time.

But if you see anything inappropriate, it is better to click on report to moderator and report instead. Moderators will review your reports and act on it.

No more newbie jail so if you see something bad from newbie posters, report it.

Read theymos' vision on newbies. They are welcome here and there are spaces for them to enjoy. They can be given time and chance to correct mistakes but if they don't change, ban hammer will drop on their accounts.

We often see users creating accounts, more than one in most cases, and using them to advertise a certain platform, project, or app by starting new topics in different sections of the forum. What they do is make it sound like they are asking a genuine question or they are concerned about something or maybe doing some research about it, but it can be seen that they have no other intention but to promote what they are mentioning.

The most recent example that I've come across is this:


Although this one is quite straightforward, you can often find users trying to twist it and make it a question and try to be genuinely concerned and ask for help from the community which we know isn't the case.
The users who do this are usually not found after, meaning they create an account, make the post with the link, disappear, and then do it with a new account later.

So, since this is mostly, almost 99% of the time, done using new accounts, I'm proposing that we do something that might prevent this from happening.

What we can do is to have a requirement after creating a new account for users to be able to post links, which means that if someone creates a new account, they shouldn't be able to post links unless they spend a specific amount of time in the forum like 24 hours or something. So if someone joins the forum being interested in the forum itself and plans to stay, they should be okay because they will have the requirement completed within a few days, and those who are doing these things won't be able to post links to promote specific services.

The only exception should be for users buying Copper membership, which means that if someone buys Copper membership, they should be exempted from this requirement and be able to post links immediately.

Let me know what you guys think about this and whether this can be useful or not.

P.S: I got the idea from a post that I read and I want to give credit to the poster for the idea: