I too fell victim to this policy - however I know it was due to my own negligence as I do remember a key sentence reading something along the lines of "by agreeing ... you know that you will not be able to post until ... etc" -
In all fairness.. I get the policy. In my case the whole reason to even start an account here was trouble with one of my pools - the issue is resolved, but just now reading about a 4 hour wait while I had to set up an alternate pool was quite inconvenient when just posting a reply/question in the post would have solved the problem.
The Policy is fine - there isn't much else you can do against spammers/bots.
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First I am a newbie here, but I am not a newbie in the digital world. The reason I want to register and post is all the sudden I have a good idea or want to talk to a very interesting post. However, the so called newbie policy killed the passion.
I understand you must have some reasons to restrict new registered user, from what I read trollers? but the benefit of saving some work for mods does not match the loss of a new passionate bitcoiner(or altcoiner).
I think the spirit of bitcoin is freedom and equal opportunity, but the so called newbie policy does not fit it.
I strongly suggest the forum remove this policy or at least make it reasonable. There are many other ways to stop trollers, like setting the post frequency, etc. Not like this!
Thanks for listening, hope more and more people join the family of bitcoin(or altcoin) family!
Merry Xmas to all!
I understand you must have some reasons to restrict new registered user, from what I read trollers? but the benefit of saving some work for mods does not match the loss of a new passionate bitcoiner(or altcoiner).
I think the spirit of bitcoin is freedom and equal opportunity, but the so called newbie policy does not fit it.
I strongly suggest the forum remove this policy or at least make it reasonable. There are many other ways to stop trollers, like setting the post frequency, etc. Not like this!
Thanks for listening, hope more and more people join the family of bitcoin(or altcoin) family!
Merry Xmas to all!
You can't've been that passionate if a 4 hour wait killed your desire. Whilst I agree the limitations can be annoying as a new user, they're there as a security precaution and to cut down spambots etc.
Spammers may be a problem but that does not excuse the inconsiderate part of not explaining the policy and where to post from the beginning. I always marvel at how spam is considered such a dire emergency and then look there are ads in between each post.
Are you sure it doesn't explain? It states in the Newbie readme sticky at least.
I some what agree and was lost to why I couldn't post. A lot of will come here from Google, read a thread and want to reply. So, we sign up, don't read everything, who does. Then be lost as to why you can't reply. I can see this slowing spammers down, but I don't see how it would stop them from create 100s of users, posting stuff in the newbie area and they waiting. Thing about spammers is they have time, spamming is their job...
Spammers may be a problem but that does not excuse the inconsiderate part of not explaining the policy and where to post from the beginning. I always marvel at how spam is considered such a dire emergency and then look there are ads in between each post.
To be honest I think the only thing that will get rid of any of these restrictions including captcha's is a worldwide anti-spambot crusade, campaign is going to easy on them lol.
I think the current policy makes more sense than a arbitrary minimum of posts limit. A minimum post limit is easily passed by posting a bunch of useless posts in the appropriate part of the board. Or worse, some "me too" or "I agree" posts everywhere... 
So what is a substantial post here? A few sentences of valuably arranged words that make sense to others?
Gosh, right now I try to do this, hope noone is getting upset. Once there will be a time when a newbie gets initiated and looses its miserable status.
Looking forward...
So what is a substantial post here? A few sentences of valuably arranged words that make sense to others?
Gosh, right now I try to do this, hope noone is getting upset. Once there will be a time when a newbie gets initiated and looses its miserable status.
Looking forward...
I don't like it either, but I think people who don't run forums or website don't understand what pests bot spammers can be, the only work around I have found for these scumbags is setting up a chat room that they aren't clever enough to sign into yet, unfortunately it's one of the only methods aside from captcha's ( which hardly ever work anyway ) to stop them. If they didn't do this, half their time would probably be spent banning over 20 spammers per day because that's the kind of stuff I had to deal with before and the worst part is on those invisionfree forums and stuff they don't even have a click all button.
I agree 100% and was also offended by this policy. Additionally, when you first sign up there is no mention of this, that I noticed. So then you waste time trying to figure out why there are no places to make a post. That is HIGHLY INCONSIDERATE. And yes it makes you not feel like participating at all once you find yourself relegated to newbie. my only suggestion is that people look elsewhere for a more considerate forum.
It's weird to say "listening" because actually people are "reading" you 
Merry Christmas too !
Merry Christmas too !
First I am a newbie here, but I am not a newbie in the digital world. The reason I want to register and post is all the sudden I have a good idea or want to talk to a very interesting post. However, the so called newbie policy killed the passion.
I understand you must have some reasons to restrict new registered user, from what I read trollers? but the benefit of saving some work for mods does not match the loss of a new passionate bitcoiner(or altcoiner).
I think the spirit of bitcoin is freedom and equal opportunity, but the so called newbie policy does not fit it.
I strongly suggest the forum remove this policy or at least make it reasonable. There are many other ways to stop trollers, like setting the post frequency, etc. Not like this!
Thanks for listening, hope more and more people join the family of bitcoin(or altcoin) family!
Merry Xmas to all!
I understand you must have some reasons to restrict new registered user, from what I read trollers? but the benefit of saving some work for mods does not match the loss of a new passionate bitcoiner(or altcoiner).
I think the spirit of bitcoin is freedom and equal opportunity, but the so called newbie policy does not fit it.
I strongly suggest the forum remove this policy or at least make it reasonable. There are many other ways to stop trollers, like setting the post frequency, etc. Not like this!
Thanks for listening, hope more and more people join the family of bitcoin(or altcoin) family!
Merry Xmas to all!
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