Topic: Newbie restrictions - page 282. (Read 442041 times)
What stops automated/RL spammers from posting 5 times then doing what they want?
So now i can send some pms 
Well I'm mostly a lurker but I'd like to be able to post a comment or two in my pool's thread, or give people occasional tips on video card overclocking, etc. So I'd better start spamming this newbie section so I can be let out.
Sadly... +1.
Well I'm mostly a lurker but I'd like to be able to post a comment or two in my pool's thread, or give people occasional tips on video card overclocking, etc. So I'd better start spamming this newbie section so I can be let out.
Another dummy post to get me up to 5.
I can understand some restrictions but this seems a bit excessive. Am I to gather that it was worse than this before. Trolls will always find a way.
I can see how trolling would be a problem. A lot of lazy people are unwilling to put their heads down and plow through all the resources and tutorial and tools available .They'd prefer someone hold their hand.
theres the two sides of it. for sure there are many users just preferring someone holding their hand and this is their good right.
but its good to have the restrictions because these people will wait and do something for their help.
trolls won't.
tough love
I posted like at least 5 posts over a year ago and now I can't post except here. I didn't know what was going on in this board.
This was a terrable idea.
Looks like this ansewered my last thread sorry about that should always look at the stickies first I guess! Sorry!
This is a small price to pay to minimize the trolling.
Thats true, but unfotunately the thread to change USD from Paypal to MTG$ ist locked, too.
This is a small price to pay to minimize the trolling.
I can see how trolling would be a problem. A lot of lazy people are unwilling to put their heads down and plow through all the resources and tutorial and tools available .They'd prefer someone hold their hand.
i totally agree with newbie restrictions.
had a lot of spamming and trolling on another forum i'm at.
regards
streetuff
had a lot of spamming and trolling on another forum i'm at.
regards
streetuff
I don't agree, I habe a serious problem that I want to discuss in another forum and have now to hang here around ... :-(
Bad idea posting here. 
This thread will show up in your "Show new replies to your posts" for rest of your life here, unless some admin realizes that its time to close this damn thread and start a new one.
Cheers!
This thread will show up in your "Show new replies to your posts" for rest of your life here, unless some admin realizes that its time to close this damn thread and start a new one.
Cheers!
Right, but how to get else these damn first five postings... ;-)
So how long do you have to wait to send PM?
ohhhh. i rember those days....
(Image of accoustic coupler)
Sweet! Ya I remember those days too, I was FidoNet node 1:207/107 for a while, as well as a WWIV node too. I did a bit of accoustic coupler calling with a 132 column printing daisywheel TTY that my dad brought home from work. Was really noisy, had to keep the accoustic coupler away from it or it would pickup the noise and start printing garbage which would make MORE noise and print MORE garbage, kinda like speaker->mic feedback...heh...
Let me waste my time here first...follow the rules, it's rule number 1... LOL 
well ... i was wondering why i cannot post
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