Noob restriction, Theymos and mods we need this back

nezarkadhem

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Quote from: BawsyBoss on February 11, 2014, 02:54:09 PM

Quote from: hilariousandco on February 11, 2014, 01:15:01 PM

Quote from: nezarkadhem on February 11, 2014, 01:04:11 PM

I have to admit that the newbie restriction was annoying at first, but it makes sense. You can't just post senseless crap right away. However, for you to get rid of the noob status, you need to post. So the new users just leave useless junk, such as "+1", just to get more activity points.

The number of posts doesn't matter with regard to activity.

Yes, it does. If your post count is less than the activity you would otherwise have, your post count becomes your activity.

You are both wrong. It's min(14*time, posts) so if time spent on the site is less than the number of posts, then it counts the time. Vise versa. Nonetheless, people will post junk, so the newbie feature is pretty awesome.

Mitchell

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I haven't been here for a long time (7 months to be exact) and I am just a regular user. I don't have a fancy product nor trust to show off with and I am getting tired of all those spammy, FUD spreading and just annoying topics all day, every day. It ruins BitcoinTalk for me and I really don't feel like going through multiple pages just to find a few (or just one) interesting topic.

Putting back the Newbie Restrictions would be a way of at least decreasing the amount of spam and bullshit the forum has to endure every single day.

Lauda

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Quote from: Maged on February 11, 2014, 07:39:34 PM

Theymos doesn't listen to polls, he only listens to logic. If you can convince him that no additional changes can be made to our tools to solve the problem and that restoring the restrictions is the only way, I'm certain that he will listen.

Hopefully someone more experienced will do the talk. The easiest path would be restoring the restrictions and (maybe) even make the requirements higher. Although there could be a better way to approach this.

Maged

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Quote from: Lauda on February 11, 2014, 06:59:44 PM

Quote from: Maged on February 11, 2014, 06:36:50 PM

Thanks!

Since you're part of staff, I might ask you this here.
If we ran a poll on adding newbie restrictions back, would theymos go with it?

Theymos doesn't listen to polls, he only listens to logic. If you can convince him that no additional changes can be made to our tools to solve the problem and that restoring the restrictions is the only way, I'm certain that he will listen.

Lauda

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Quote from: tysat on February 11, 2014, 07:29:48 PM

It doesn't seem that way

That's unfortunate. I and (some) older members (or ones who have quite a high understanding of the bitcoin protocl) are getting tired of those posts. I can only imagine the amount of work that the moderators have to do now..

tysat

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Keep it real

Quote from: Lauda on February 11, 2014, 07:15:27 PM

Quote from: tysat on February 11, 2014, 07:11:41 PM

I doubt the poll would have an effect either way, he's just going to make up his mind then do what he thinks is best.

So the community does not have much effect on the decision?

It doesn't seem that way

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Quote from: tysat on February 11, 2014, 07:11:41 PM

I doubt the poll would have an effect either way, he's just going to make up his mind then do what he thinks is best.

So the community does not have much effect on the decision?

tysat

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Keep it real

Quote from: Lauda on February 11, 2014, 06:59:44 PM

Quote from: Maged on February 11, 2014, 06:36:50 PM

Thanks!

Since you're part of staff, I might ask you this here.
If we ran a poll on adding newbie restrictions back, would theymos go with it?

I doubt the poll would have an effect either way, he's just going to make up his mind then do what he thinks is best.

Lauda

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Quote from: Maged on February 11, 2014, 06:36:50 PM

Thanks!

Since you're part of staff, I might ask you this here.
If we ran a poll on adding newbie restrictions back, would theymos go with it?

Maged

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Quote from: Lauda on February 11, 2014, 06:24:33 PM

Another good example: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-bitcoin-logo-4994
Necro'd a thread from 2012..

If it gets removed this is the thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-bitcoin-logo-4994

Thanks!

Lauda

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Another good example: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-bitcoin-logo-4994
Necro'd a thread from 2012..

If it gets removed this is the thread: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/new-bitcoin-logo-4994

Kouye

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Quote from: delphic on February 11, 2014, 06:11:05 PM

I bet Proudhon is behind the DDOS attack Grin

Confirmed, of course.

Another example.

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Quote from: hilariousandco on February 11, 2014, 01:15:01 PM

Quote from: nezarkadhem on February 11, 2014, 01:04:11 PM

I have to admit that the newbie restriction was annoying at first, but it makes sense. You can't just post senseless crap right away. However, for you to get rid of the noob status, you need to post. So the new users just leave useless junk, such as "+1", just to get more activity points.

The number of posts doesn't matter with regard to activity.

Yes, it does. If your post count is less than the activity you would otherwise have, your post count becomes your activity.

Lauda

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Quote from: justusranvier on February 11, 2014, 11:17:45 AM

Without the restrictions, you get things like this: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--459801

Exactly. Either bring it back completely, or just add some sort of restriction and we're good to go.

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Quote from: nezarkadhem on February 11, 2014, 01:04:11 PM

I have to admit that the newbie restriction was annoying at first, but it makes sense. You can't just post senseless crap right away. However, for you to get rid of the noob status, you need to post. So the new users just leave useless junk, such as "+1", just to get more activity points.

The number of posts doesn't matter with regard to activity.

nezarkadhem

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I have to admit that the newbie restriction was annoying at first, but it makes sense. You can't just post senseless crap right away. However, for you to get rid of the noob status, you need to post. So the new users just leave useless junk, such as "+1", just to get more activity points.

justusranvier

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Without the restrictions, you get things like this: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/--459801

Lethn

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I think just reverting back to the old newbie rules is probably best because they kept the majority of the lazy spammers and bots away, the only other solution I can think of is making this site like a private torrent site but that isn't really realistic if you want to keep it public and let anyone join.

BadBear

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It has really lowered the barrier to entry for everyone. Unfortunately that includes spammers and trolls. There's one guy in alt currencies who is constantly spamming about his stupid coin, I ban him, remove the thread/endless bumps/whatever and literally 5 minutes later he's back at it on a new account.

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