yes, sounds reasonable for trol usres ..
but is you are honest and have positive atentions ...this is anoying
Topic: Newbie restrictions - page 288. (Read 442041 times)
Sounds reasonable enough
Honestly, people act like they are giving up a friggin' toe or something. I signed up yesterday after lurking for weeks and have racked up 8 hours and plenty of posts just reading up on things and doing a bit of trolling. It's not a big deal, and is enough of a deterrent to keep at least some of the shills away.
My name is Zak and I'm new to the board. Glad to meet everyone here. I was wondering how many posts you need or how you can post to other sections of the forum. I didn't have time to read through the whole forum right now and was interested in posting on topics in other threads. Someone let me know please.
Thanks
Thanks
Due to a mass of trolling, only established posters are able to post in non-newbie sections. You are considered "established" if you have spent 4 hours online and have made 5 posts.
My name is Zak and I'm new to the board. Glad to meet everyone here. I was wondering how many posts you need or how you can post to other sections of the forum. I didn't have time to read through the whole forum right now and was interested in posting on topics in other threads. Someone let me know please.
Thanks
Thanks
Sensible but annoying 
But sensible.
But sensible.
...and annoying
At least I'll learn a bit about the forum before being able to participate in a real manner. That said, there are other ways to deal with spammers, though this must have been given due consideration.
Very sensible. Does the Technical Support Forum get trolled a lot? If not it would be handy to have it open.
+1 couldnt agree more !
+1! also agree!
very fair rules though
Very sensible. Does the Technical Support Forum get trolled a lot? If not it would be handy to have it open.
+1 couldnt agree more !
Hi my name is Alan totally new to this but very keen to learn as much as possible. Nice to meet everyone.
I think this is my fifth! I look forward to being a good member of the community.
Congratulations on your 5th post and passing the test, you are now a certified member of the community, LOL
I think this is my fifth! I look forward to being a good member of the community.
Hello! this is my first post... come mining for a while but never had the need for an answer so far... I follow this forum but most of all I read a forum in my language.
pardon my french :p
pardon my french :p
Seems fair to get rid of spammers.
But atm it kind of sucks if you lurk more then you post.
But atm it kind of sucks if you lurk more then you post.
I don't see how this should prevent trolls from just posting 5 posts
Slightly annoying, but it appears it would be pretty easy to spam 5 "adequate" posts in this section within the space of a few minutes.
Only going to be a minor inconvenience rather than deterrent to any serious spammers.
Edit: I now see that there's a 4 hour logged in time thing as well. Now that's going to put spammers off, but not really going to be an issue for anybody that was lurking anyway.
Only going to be a minor inconvenience rather than deterrent to any serious spammers.
Edit: I now see that there's a 4 hour logged in time thing as well. Now that's going to put spammers off, but not really going to be an issue for anybody that was lurking anyway
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Hmm.. this is pretty dumb.
A fair policy. Hope this counts towards my five.
I wonder why some move up quicker than others? Hmmmm.....
concur
I support these restictions.
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