Newbie Restrictions | Bitcointalksearch.org

BitcoinJim

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Quote from: BrogulT on June 23, 2013, 11:45:08 PM

I think a quiz would be great idea, but how about disclosure/disclaimers?

1. I have looked up and understand the Bitcoin Venn Diagram.

2. I know how much a kilowatt hour of electricity costs me.

3. I agree not to try to calculate how many cents per hour I can make mining altcoins.

well put, +1

Nintai

newbie

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I'm just sort of sitting around here trying to get the restrictions lifted so that I can offer my proof-reading service to the Peerbet thread. Although I've already seen a bunch of interesting posts where I've been ready to say a thing or two, before realizing that I couldn't Sad

BrogulT

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I think a quiz would be great idea, but how about disclosure/disclaimers?

1. I have looked up and understand the Bitcoin Venn Diagram.

2. I know how much a kilowatt hour of electricity costs me.

3. I agree not to try to calculate how many cents per hour I can make mining altcoins.

sapootage

newbie

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I am an engaged participant.

ArbatDeli

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Quote from: floorflux on June 16, 2013, 04:46:18 PM

I find the arbitrary restrictions set on "newbies" to be mildly insulting. I also find them to be a deterrent to participation.

really? well maybe it's to deter people from creating scam accounts, you know? makes it more time-consuming. could always get whitelisted.

weezerfan

newbie

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I feel these restrictions help limit, as mentioned above, spam accounts who post in the marketplace and other parts of the forum such as the group buys section.

dustmycoinoff

newbie

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i don't think the newbie restrictions are a bad thing.
Sure, it is annoying but if it ups the quality of the main forums it is surely worthwhile - unless of course there is some desperate need to post in the main forums ....

i have lurked here for a good while before even bothering to register an account. At least this thread is here so i can rattle off a few meaningless sentences so that i can satisfy whatever bot manages the newbie posting privileges ...

wesphily

newbie

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@benwahbe

How do you keep that thing cool. It looks incredibly restrictive.

@Everybody Else

The restrictions are due to a spam attack. Not sure if the requirements in place are the best or not but, it is what it is.

fineccis

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I think the restrictions is not insulting but necessary.

bkpduke

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5th post. Off to the real forums.

mungjeezy

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The restrictions seem incredibly arbitrary.

benwahbe

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Howdy! I have been lurking here since December 2012 and have learned a ton from everyone on here. This is a great community!

I am currently mining LTC with my small GPU collection. I hope to increase its size soon

https://i.imgur.com/ZDHhDI8l.jpg

html

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Quote from: ? on June 18, 2013, 12:37:28 AM

Quote from: floorflux on June 16, 2013, 04:46:18 PM

I find the arbitrary restrictions set on "newbies" to be mildly insulting. I also find them to be a deterrent to participation.

How is it insulting?

Quote from: over1977v on June 16, 2013, 04:48:34 PM

Maybe a quiz would be better

A Quiz on BitCoins, let's see:

Question 1:

Who made BitCoins?

1) Satoshi
2) Gorrilaz
3)I dunno
4)So painfully obvious.

Having a quiz is bad news. All of the questions would be easy to answer.

The Answer is 1, 4, and other="My miners make the bitcoins out of wasting brain cycles of my components, well kinda, they alone don't make them, but whatever"

floatyfish

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Quote from: TestOfSurvival on June 23, 2013, 02:58:07 PM

Agree with the quiz idea. A lot of people have been into bitcoin for a long time, but just lurk instead of registering here. Having to stay in newbie jail and contrive posts to get out is just plain obnoxious.

Agreed. I first heard about Bitcoin in 2009 (but did nothing Sad

) and got more heavily involved in February this year, so to be confined to the "newbie" area is kind of disappointing (although compared to others who have been active since 2009, I am a newbie).

ag@th0s

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Quote from: PeterB on June 16, 2013, 07:58:54 PM

Just use the time to read Satoshi's posts, they are great!

This is a good thread to check too https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/garr255werner-auction-shilling-238474

mprep

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In a world of peaches, don't ask for apple sauce

The newbie jail shows who should sit in actual jail and who deserves to be here.

TestOfSurvival

newbie

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Agree with the quiz idea. A lot of people have been into bitcoin for a long time, but just lurk instead of registering here. Having to stay in newbie jail and contrive posts to get out is just plain obnoxious.

MrBubbles007

newbie

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I am also in newbie jail! Although I have been around a lot longer as a lurker and never made an account -_- silly me.

madb

newbie

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A quiz sounds like fun. But the questions should be more technical than historical.

Mike18feb

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MΣC

Quote from: floorflux on June 16, 2013, 10:51:14 PM

I'm not trying to be obnoxious. I just want to to generate some open dialog. That's what makes a community great.

Open dialog is fine, but in all fairness, I doubt anyone is even looking at posts in the newbie section, unless they're a newbie themselves. I'm pretty sure I won't return to this corner of the community once I've served my time here.

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