Topic: What is the point of 5 worthless posts? - page 7. (Read 6064 times)
I see the point of making worthless posts for me: I'm making this post, to escape from newbie
I don't know but it has to be done!
Problem is though, I see scammers all over the forum. I browse the custom hardware sub forum allot since that's my interest, think I saw a good 5 threads just this week for scamware, shame too looking at the blockchain some people actually buy into them. I mean its not hard to just bs these posts for scammers but it probably keeps bots out alright.
To me it seems quite logical to have a 5 post history to use the forum in general. People who scam and spam i think might not do so here just for the shear inconvenience. hopefully these folks with just move along to another place to do their dirty work.
Also in 5 posts people will probably get a sense of the typr of person you are.
Anyway, I am new to bitcoin and play poker on seals with clubs, a bitcoin poker site.
I am excited to learn more about btc through this forum
Also in 5 posts people will probably get a sense of the typr of person you are.
Anyway, I am new to bitcoin and play poker on seals with clubs, a bitcoin poker site.
I am excited to learn more about btc through this forum
4 hours is annoying .
Much moreso than 5 posts.
the sense of 5 posts is.... none, better way would be 0.01 or 0.005 btc to get full access.
People would think twice before troliing
People would think twice before troliing
That already exists apparently. newbiejail.org (no idea if it works or not)
Anyone try this?
took me trying to reply to 3 posts before i figured out i was trapped in here 
mostly junk though such as advertisments
I don't get it 
Why do you make them worthless, instead of using the opportunity for a strong introduction?
Not only does it help with spam but I think it's a good practice overall anyways, makes people get more involved in the community as soon as they sign up. I'd think it makes for a lot less accounts that aren't ever being used to post too.
course to avoid spam
I don't get it
Makes it harder for bots and saves the mods a considerable amount of "moderation"
Welcome to the newbie prison.
It's not that big of a deal. You could technically do it in a few minutes, and still provide helpful information. 
It's only 5 posts, not a big deal.
the sense of 5 posts is.... none, better way would be 0.01 or 0.005 btc to get full access.
People would think twice before troliing
People would think twice before troliing
except that would require a great deal of work by the moderators to keep track of who donated and is now allowed access. This is easier.
i am not a spammer (i think)
To make sure your not a scammer.
4 hours is annoying .
may be yes or may be no... bt if you think from admin side.... no one like to remove/move 100s of spam posts daily in spam dump area.... so my vote is still with 4 hours rules
I would imagine that non-Newbie status posters rarely take a look at this forum.
Peek-a-boo.
I don't have a cure all answer to this problem, maybe a time based system where posts are initially limited and additional posting cap razed as the account matures by age or # of posts. Also maybe implement the ability to reduce an accounts posting cap if any of the posts are flagged as spam or offensive.
Raised, I assume, for "razed". Interesting idea. I hope you'll mention it to the mods when you get your non-newbie chance soon. Really!
Just some thoughts from a newbie who needs to make 5 posts to be able to use this forum, while simultaneously trying to suggest improvements to the process in the spirit of the forum.
I remember that self-conscious feeling. Is anybody listening? Do I really have to do this? Should I pretend to do something useful to beat the system?... Relax - it's your system you are trying to improve. The newbie thing will be over before you know it. As a quick self-test of any suggestion for improvements to the newbie system, ask yourself whether you would still think it was an improvement if you were no longer a newbie? Will you still champion the idea when you are on the other side of the fence? Yours has merit, I think. Most don't - they are blatantly short-sighted, self-serving, opportunistic and not at all aimed at improving the community.
See you on the inside soon (he said smugly).
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