So a lot of spam gets put into the newbie section because they have restrictions? This seems alright since it restricts spam a bit of the spam from spilling over to the better content. I am all for it...no matter how annoying it is to have to wait!
edit: 5th post!
Topic: It's stupid that newbies must make 5 posts and browse for 4 hours. Here's why - page 17. (Read 11070 times)
June 03, 2013, 07:50:10 AM
June 03, 2013, 07:43:50 AM
five posts is easy (and quick), but four hours------- it seems an eternity (particularly if you are not new to bitcoin)
All it took was one morning's browsing for me (and not all of that on bitcointalk, just come back to the site occasionally and the timer keeps counting up). So from registration to Jr Member was just 12 hours (including sleep time!)
Come on, if I can do it, you can do it too!
June 03, 2013, 07:39:17 AM
The restrictions on this forum are sub-par. The part where you have to browse for four hours is kind of reasonable and understandable.
However, having to post 5 times is ridiculous. The reason being is that it encourages spam posts. If you go to the newbies section most of is spam. The reason being is people just spam posts in order to post in the other forums.
This is a terrible idea. Now I have to sit here for four hours before released my project, and I have to make tons of these stupid pointless posts.
Thanks bitcointalk.
However, having to post 5 times is ridiculous. The reason being is that it encourages spam posts. If you go to the newbies section most of is spam. The reason being is people just spam posts in order to post in the other forums.
This is a terrible idea. Now I have to sit here for four hours before released my project, and I have to make tons of these stupid pointless posts.
Thanks bitcointalk.
We'll all be alright
June 03, 2013, 07:31:13 AM
I think it's also to do with bots as well. I guess it's harder to bot 5 replies as well?
It also can give people a decent indication of what a person is like. Someone who makes 5 genuine, constructive posts as a newbie, they're far more likely to be a more reliable member of the community.
Then again, you got a decent argument. I'm not fussed though.
It also can give people a decent indication of what a person is like. Someone who makes 5 genuine, constructive posts as a newbie, they're far more likely to be a more reliable member of the community.
Then again, you got a decent argument. I'm not fussed though.
June 03, 2013, 07:30:26 AM
It's not stupid. It's there to reduce spam on the other boards, I think.
June 03, 2013, 07:05:27 AM
five posts is easy (and quick), but four hours------- it seems an eternity (particularly if you are not new to bitcoin)
June 03, 2013, 05:51:23 AM
This is one of my 5 posts. I'm trying to PM someone necessary.
June 03, 2013, 05:28:07 AM
I do agree, it's quite hard for us to post anywhere useful if we have to make 5 random posts first
June 03, 2013, 02:29:48 AM
Four hours isn't much at all and 5 posts is nothing really. You should be reading the majority of the time anyways. I don't see a problem.
June 03, 2013, 02:03:22 AM
If I had known that I needed to browse for four hours aside from posting five comments, I would've signed up sooner. I've been browsing for two to three hours now.. *smh* .. I doubt it's possible to get credited for that time. Anywho..
same here.. i spent alot of hours in this forum just reading diffrent topics.. but rules are rules and i think it's good like that. There are really alot of scammers and if this rules help it's good for everyone
June 03, 2013, 01:49:43 AM
i'm a nub, she's a nub, and we're all nubs hey
http://youtu.be/Yjr5TR8_Zws
http://youtu.be/Yjr5TR8_Zws
June 03, 2013, 01:40:24 AM
Well we are considered newbies on the forums, which does not mean we are are newbs in RL 
At least i hope...
At least i hope...
June 03, 2013, 01:02:41 AM
..at passing out will work. *rolls eyes*
June 03, 2013, 01:02:17 AM
Alright, time to see if my second attempt..
June 03, 2013, 01:01:07 AM
As for keeping the other parts of the forum clean from frustration of having to deal with the five post and four hour browsing requirement, some might get frustrated enough that it might get carried to other parts of the forum.. where I suppose the mods will put them in check if it gets that bad.
June 03, 2013, 12:53:40 AM
I wouldn't mind a solid introduction post.. if that would get me past the ten post requirement for getting links in my signature (required for a draw I wanna participate in). I also wouldn't mind being credited for the two to three hours of browsing time I did before actually signing up.
June 03, 2013, 12:42:41 AM
Eh, it's frustrating having to post where you don't necessarily want to - but it keeps the post quality higher on the other boards, right?
June 03, 2013, 12:39:19 AM
I'd love to see an either/or scenario. I've spent an incredible amount of time on here reading and browsing, but haven't added much. 5 posts is easy to get, but it appears for most people these 5 posts aren't adding much to the conversation. How about 24 hours of browsing time, and 1 solid introduction post?
June 03, 2013, 12:30:54 AM
Must advance.. now all I need to do is get my two hours and twenty-one minutes of browsing time in..
Time to give my pillow some head, and my blanket some ass. *poof*
Time to give my pillow some head, and my blanket some ass. *poof*
June 03, 2013, 12:27:31 AM
Ok, time to hit five posts before I pass out..
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