Topic: Newbies can now pay a small fee to enable images - page 6. (Read 54802 times)

By popular demand, newbies can now pay to have some of their restrictions lifted. If you pay the fee, you become a Copper Member, and you can post images. That's the main point of this: allowing newbies to post images. Additionally (and these might change depending on how things go), Copper Members currently have these bonuses:

- Some of the same permissions as Member-rank members, such as reduced signature styling restrictions. (But none of the PM-related restrictions are currently lifted, such as the style limit or per-hour PM limit.)
- Your "you must wait ____ seconds between ___" counter is reduced by 75%. So if you're naturally of Newbie rank, you only have to wait 360-75% = 90 seconds.

If you paid an "evil IP" registration fee, then whatever you paid (in BTC terms) is subtracted from the upgrade fee. If you paid a registration fee a long time ago, you might even get a free Copper Membership due to the increase in BTC price. Just visit the link at the bottom of this post to check whether you have it already.

I am aware that for most people the benefits of this membership are pretty lame. This membership is only intended to fill a specific niche; if you don't need it, don't buy it. It is not intended to be the lower-cost Donator/VIP alternative which I've talked about before as a possibility.

I wrote the system so that I can easily add additional paid memberships in the future, but I might not ever do so. Not sure.

You can buy it here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=credit;promote

We've just purchased a Copper member and the following message appears:

Copper - 0.00000000 BTC: Allows you to post images even if you are a newbie, reduces the time-between-actions limit, and provides some of the same benefits as being of natural Member rank.

You have paid a total of 0.00208333 BTC, pending confirmation. This is reflected in the above prices. (To get the normal price, add this amount to the above prices.)

Should I simply wait for the transactions to be confirmed, or any further action is required? I am still not seeing an option to "wear" the copper membership.

Once your transaction has 1 confirmation, revisit this page and then use the form which will appear in order to wear your new membership.

We've just purchased a Copper member and the following message appears:

Copper - 0.00000000 BTC: Allows you to post images even if you are a newbie, reduces the time-between-actions limit, and provides some of the same benefits as being of natural Member rank.

You have paid a total of 0.00208333 BTC, pending confirmation. This is reflected in the above prices. (To get the normal price, add this amount to the above prices.)

Should I simply wait for the transactions to be confirmed, or any further action is required? I am still not seeing an option to "wear" the copper membership.

Pay to the Bitcoin address 3MVd6Ec1VPQ4bKAcdkVN6FqAEuHL4vKpfN. Once your transaction has 1 confirmation, revisit this page and then use the form which will appear in order to wear your new membership. Your transaction will not be accepted until it has 1 confirmation. Bitcoin network fees and exchange/wallet withdrawal fees will not count toward your payment.

We are commonly asked how we know that you sent a payment. The address above was newly generated just for you, so when any BTC is sent to it, we will know to credit it to your account. It is all automatic.

Then I'll (eventually) adjust it downward again.

Will this copper membership come with a merit?

Has anything been written anywhere about the reasons for this? I can't imagine it's a money making measure. I also can't imagine it's going to deter the people who aren't already deterred by it.

The price will be fixed in bitcoins so imagine what will happen when we enter a bull market again.

Has anything been written anywhere about the reasons for this? I can't imagine it's a money making measure. I also can't imagine it's going to deter the people who aren't already deterred by it.

Has anything been written anywhere about the reasons for this? I can't imagine it's a money making measure. I also can't imagine it's going to deter the people who aren't already deterred by it.

Just an update from theymos :


It's time to buy now

It is only Member.

The price will be fixed in bitcoins so imagine what will happen when we enter a bull market again.

Btw the natural member means Member or Full member?

Just an update from theymos :


It's time to buy now

The copper membership price will increase by about 300% around Friday.

Will this copper membership come with a merit?

You will have the signature space enable (member rank size), but it will depend on each campaign manager to decide if they accept Copper Member Newbies on their campaign. If it is not explicitly permitted nor disallowed by the specific bounty campaign rules, then you can PM the Campaign Manager to see if you are eligible, specifiying that you are (would be) currently a Copper Member Newbie.

Thanks for this post theymos, It's really helpful.
i have just one question, can i use it for signature bounty ??

I wanted to ask something long time ago but I always forget to. Why are newbie copper members allowed to send PM if "Allow newbies to send you PMs." box is unchecked?

Having newbies blocked means I don't want to read their spam/threats/try to bribe/insert random reason messages.