Can we please block new discussion creation to ppl under 10-15 no-spam posts? new scams everyday.. it seems to be an advertices board this forum..
and maybe newbies start to search for similar discussion instead of open another one..
Topic: Newbie restrictions - page 322. (Read 442106 times)
thank god they lowered it from 50 posts!
I prefer a good captcha over this BS.
50 was kinda silly. 5 is perfectly reasonable.
Hi folks,
i'm on the run for the first 5 posts. Whish me luck!
i'm on the run for the first 5 posts. Whish me luck!
I made the mistake of posting elsewhere before posting to this forum. So will the mods be deleting those, or might they allow them to remain after noting that my posts were answering questions (rather than asking them like the typical n00b), as well as that I'm also now posting to the n00b forum?
Edit:
*sigh* And now I actually bother to check, and I see that the thread and posts in question actually are in the Newbie forum.
/facepalm
Edit:
*sigh* And now I actually bother to check, and I see that the thread and posts in question actually are in the Newbie forum.
/facepalm
Also, you must have made 1 post to send PMs.
What's a "PMs"?
If the rule was changed to 5 then I'll just have to sit out the clock then. Sounds a lot better than 50 anyway, that's a bit excessive.
My time logged in says 33 minutes even though I have twice logged in, posted, and left myself logged in for several hours.
This seems reasonable.
You're right now that I've got six this seems less restrictive
So the rules changed I guess! I just made a few posts last week and didn't seem to run into this restriction :-(
5 isn't too bad.. it sure beats 50.
Yesh this bites, at the same time do what you gotta do.
Sounds like a good solution, pity it has to come to this but spammers have no morals
Wow, this is a pretty poor solution. I'm not really that new I just haven't really posted and right when I wanted to I found out I need 5 posts now even though I didn't before? Lame. I guess here's number 2.
i know spam can be hard, but this makes it a bit of a pain in the ass for new members to jump through these hurdles, esp if for example i have been watching the forums for some time and now want to register to pm someone.
Reading through all these newbie messages .. most of them aren't worth reading and in some sense, weren't worth writing in the first place. That doesn't make much sense to me. That's just adding more noise to signal.
However, the best newbie messages I've read were constructed in the form of what that user would LIKE to post, and generally those messages bother to cite the messages they are interested in. I guess that's good etiquette. I truly am a newbie. I generally detest forums, and I couldn't begin to tell you if 5 or 50 messages is best. I can understand why experienced forum members get sick of going over the same stuff, over and over. I think some systems just make newbie messages invisible. Maybe that's better.
I guess it all comes down to "proof of work" doesn't it?
Q: How many bitcoin miners does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None, a light bulb is just another electrical cost and heat source. Besides, look at all these LEDs!
However, the best newbie messages I've read were constructed in the form of what that user would LIKE to post, and generally those messages bother to cite the messages they are interested in. I guess that's good etiquette. I truly am a newbie. I generally detest forums, and I couldn't begin to tell you if 5 or 50 messages is best. I can understand why experienced forum members get sick of going over the same stuff, over and over. I think some systems just make newbie messages invisible. Maybe that's better.
I guess it all comes down to "proof of work" doesn't it?
Q: How many bitcoin miners does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None, a light bulb is just another electrical cost and heat source. Besides, look at all these LEDs!
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