It is really necessary??.
On my opinion, It's very useful for time now. Because, This time is have a lot of fake account on bitcointalk. This is going to cause a lot of problem for forum, it's like spammer, cheater, hacker..and so on. This is may slow forum growth in the future.
So. I think it's necessary. Because, this a best way to remove scammer and cheater also hacker out of our community. This has been a great step forward for our development in the future.
P/s: I have some recommended for Newbie Rank: Just calm down and don't complain., Just try to create the useful posts. Then, you'll be rewarded properly.
About you??. What do you think about new rule??.