replies are posts. this was a post.
you could do five posts in about five seconds.
which makes this part of the system entirely pointless..
Whee now i have 3 pointless posts and i am almost out of this section...
Not entirely pointless. The "auto-troll" was the type of person who infested these forums last year and the infestation was pretty bad.
Troll creates and account, blatantly spams and trollers, gets banned, creates another. The zero cost means they would make dozens and dozens of accounts. This makes trolling require at least some "work". Trolls tends to not like the working part. Even if they make one accont if it gets banned 10 minutes out of the noob zone they tend to not make as many accounts.
Your logic is like saying "Seatbelts don't save 100% of lives therefore seatbelts should be removed". The stats show the noob rules reduce (not eliminate) the amount of trolling nonsense among new members.
Nah, 5 pointless posts requires no work and can be done in as you said five seconds. By your own definition that doesn't qualify as "work". Meaning it doesn't repel the trolls... I understand the 4 hour requirement and yes i can see that preventing trolls.
also, there is the whitelist thread
yes, but that actually requires more work than making 5 pointless posts
and having to wait for a mod to authorize the whitelist.
Trust me, i did consider it months ago when i finally signed up. And lets keep in mind that i had been lurking for months before i eventually signed up because i had nothing i wanted to say. Only after signing up did i see the post requirements and started trying to remember to login when i was simply lurking to build up some hours here and there.
