Should newbies be restricted again? - page 4.

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Quote from: SlidingHorn on March 07, 2014, 08:17:09 PM

Quote from: Mr Crypto on March 07, 2014, 08:03:42 PM

How do you expect newer user's to meet the standard requirements needed to be a high quality user, when we are restricted to posting only once every 6 minutes? Not to mention private messaging is not allowed from what I see. It's saying I've posted already within the last 360 seconds (before this post) and won't let me message anybody. This is my first time online for the past month, having to wait 6 minutes to reply to a PM is pathetic.

Wasnt a problem for me or thousands of other members who were newbs when restrictions were in place...

Well, I won't say it wasn't a problem, but it was bearable, and finite, and in good cause. Blast away with useless posts in the noob area, and get it out of your system. By then the requirements will be met, and you can contribute elsewhere at will, or be ignored (best forum feature EVER).

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Quote from: Mr Crypto on March 07, 2014, 08:03:42 PM

How do you expect newer user's to meet the standard requirements needed to be a high quality user, when we are restricted to posting only once every 6 minutes? Not to mention private messaging is not allowed from what I see. It's saying I've posted already within the last 360 seconds (before this post) and won't let me message anybody. This is my first time online for the past month, having to wait 6 minutes to reply to a PM is pathetic.

Wasnt a problem for me or thousands of other members who were newbs when restrictions were in place...

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How do you expect newer user's to meet the standard requirements needed to be a high quality user, when we are restricted to posting only once every 6 minutes? Not to mention private messaging is not allowed from what I see. It's saying I've posted already within the last 360 seconds (before this post) and won't let me message anybody. This is my first time online for the past month, having to wait 6 minutes to reply to a PM is pathetic.

Edit: Totally pathetic restrictions. I wait 90 seconds to search the forum for something specific, but have to wait ANOTHER 90 SECONDS TO VIEW THE SECOND PAGE OF RESULTS.

Yeah, this forum's a joke.

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I honestly haven't noticed a change (outside of less threads complaining about newbie restrictions), but I often frequented the newbies subforum, so I'm totally fine with keeping the restrictions lift in place.

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Quote from: E.exchanger on March 07, 2014, 05:29:24 PM

Quote from: nahtnam on March 07, 2014, 11:16:15 AM

Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

+1. (If we are voting on it)

Count my vote in +1

I support this idea 100% - if anyone cares, lol

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Absolutely. I didn't realize this restriction had been lifted, but I had been thinking the whitelisting was just a little bit too free lately.

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Quote from: nahtnam on March 07, 2014, 11:16:15 AM

Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

+1. (If we are voting on it)

Count my vote in +1

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Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

+1. (If we are voting on it)

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Quote from: b!z on March 07, 2014, 10:40:34 AM

Quote from: hilariousandco on March 07, 2014, 09:28:59 AM

Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

That would be a good idea, but I'd still prefer the newbie jail.

It's pretty frustrating for newbies, and newbie jail is full of posts like "hi, how are you, i can't wait to get out of jail"

Yeah, they can't wait to get out of jail to go straight to the Bitcoin forum to ask if you'll donate to their "charity" or ask why they haven't been able to successfully mine any Bitcoins on their iPhone and then disappear to never post again. Sure, the restrictions are mildly annoying, but more annoying to the rest of the forum when it gets cluttered up with questions that have been answered hundreds of times before.

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Quote from: hilariousandco on March 07, 2014, 09:28:59 AM

Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

That would be a good idea, but I'd still prefer the newbie jail.

It's pretty frustrating for newbies, and newbie jail is full of posts like "hi, how are you, i can't wait to get out of jail"

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Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

That would be a good idea, but I'd still prefer the newbie jail.

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Quote from: BadBear on March 07, 2014, 07:22:14 AM

Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

Works for me. The ridiculous amount of threads near identical threads by newbies over the last week had me ready to call for the return of newbie jail but your suggestion might be a reasonable compromise.

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Maybe a compromise would be newbies are prohibited from making new threads outside beginners, but can reply to existing threads.

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Quote from: DeadwoodDan on March 07, 2014, 01:50:44 AM

light touch def. needed, wouldn't want to create a racial barrier

newbie isn't a race

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light touch def. needed, wouldn't want to create a racial barrier

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Restrictions are probably necessary to contain pointless posting

Wouldn't want to create needless barriers to entering the forum though

Light touch needed, a tweak no more

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Quote from: Welsh on March 06, 2014, 08:17:31 PM

Quote from: koshgel on March 06, 2014, 06:47:41 PM

Where are you seeing mass newbie posts? They mostly stay in the beginners section from what I've seen.

I have seen & reported a lot since the newbie restrictions have been lifted and I'm hoping Theymos realizes that the 'Freeing of the Newbies' was a big mistake and solves this problem soon, I agree that the Newbie section didn't prevent spam but it did prevent the spamming of boards which I actually read to gather information and join in on conversations. Lately that has been impossible because of the noise to signal ratio.

I'm pretty sure some of the staff members have the same opinion of many of us and hopes a decision is made soon, at least they have figured a way to reduce the spam for the signature payouts.

Well if a post counts as a vote here, I'll add my 2 satoshis.
Restricting Noobs gives them a chance to READ a little, and maybe learn something before asking repetitive stupid questions. Nothing wrong with a request for information, but if it was covered in depth within the last page or two in a thread, for the nth time, you really aught to have read it before asking. I've noted many, many more of these zero hour accounts post-whoring lately. put an end to it!

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Quote from: koshgel on March 06, 2014, 06:47:41 PM

Where are you seeing mass newbie posts? They mostly stay in the beginners section from what I've seen.

I have seen & reported a lot since the newbie restrictions have been lifted and I'm hoping Theymos realizes that the 'Freeing of the Newbies' was a big mistake and solves this problem soon, I agree that the Newbie section didn't prevent spam but it did prevent the spamming of boards which I actually read to gather information and join in on conversations. Lately that has been impossible because of the noise to signal ratio.

I'm pretty sure some of the staff members have the same opinion of many of us and hopes a decision is made soon, at least they have figured a way to reduce the spam for the signature payouts.

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Where are you seeing mass newbie posts? They mostly stay in the beginners section from what I've seen.

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