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does it have to be  a solid 4 hour login or can i log out and go to sleep and login and continue the 4 hours?

4 hours of active forum time

You have to click new links also refreshing wont work.

I hate the 4 hours rule..

I think the 4 hour rule is great. Probably more important than the 5 post rule. I don't know how long it will take for me to have five things worth saying in the Newbies section where I'm skeptical about the quality of answers I'll get. But forcing me to read means that when I finally can ask questions I'll have better questions to ask.

If it were up to me I'd make it a two post/40 hour rule. That way I wouldn't be trolling through the newbie section looking for something that moves me to say something.

I mean, this post is an authentic expression of my opinion, but it's a waste of my time typing it and probably a waste of your time reading it.

Is there a link/faq explaining these rules?

BR

Oh, just found the basic info in the sticky message/thread:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0

Rule is good, But waste of time.

I agree, definitly a waste of time

spend a couple hours in each board, it shouldn't take too long.

I'm sure I already know the answer to this question, but would pre-registration time count toward 4 hours on the forum? I've spent many, many hours lurnking reading bitcointalk threads, but it looks like none of that counts toward posting requirements until I register an account.

how come as i read through the forums on bitcointalk.org , i feel as if i am reading the manifesto of multiple psychotics...

There are a lot of crazies here

It cannot be done because if your not logged there is no way knowing what account credit the time to

OP, there's a timer on the top left which says "Total Time logged in:" which will say how much time the system has calculated you to have logged in.

IIRC, you need to be active every few minutes or so for the time to count. If you're inactive for too long, the timer will just stop.

There's me replying to your post

If you have opera, enable reload after xx min or download firefox refresh addon.

4 hours help keep the scum out for a while longer

I think this is the silliest "newbie" rule I ever heard of... I need to ask some serious questions, not just sit here and do stupid things...

Totally waste of precious time, as said before.

Just thought the same :)

No you actually have to post or go to the Whitelist and explain why are you different from the bunch.

I guess I'll find out soon if I have to waste 4 hours browsing before I can send PM's.

A little annoying for people who are trying to get into the group buys.

4 hours rule?  ???

Yeah, You have to be logged in for 4 hours to be able to post in the other boards.
I'm at 25 minutes myself.

and spam in for a while longer

Nobody is different. "Newbie" rules are insane and a waste of time and nerves.
So what, sitting here and writing nonsense just for somebody's fun.
This is the silliest thing I'm dealing with for a long time.

honestly, i can't figure out how the 4 hours is even computed! i've been on the forum on and off all weekend, and it only says i've been logged on for an hour!

F5 is the solution for your problem ;)

126,000 have made it through so far.

Total Time logged in at the top left

It is really difficult to figure out how to post and reply in this forum.

You should make 5 substantive posts in the newbie sub-forum and be actively logged in for 4 hrs before you can post elsewhere ...

There goes the uncertainty you don't know if they will freeze. It is their prerogative.

4 hours is only mildly annoying when you realize the last month+ of lurking would have one well past the hurdle if one had registered right off the bat.

The secret to accumulating 4 hours easier is to use the forever logged-in option.

Rule is good, But waste of time.

4 hours seems like a lot, but it has saved other answering questions i found the answer to myself...
(and this is my 5th post :0)

silly rule

But people can just leave their comp afk for 4 hours and its done?

Leaving their comp does not count. I guess you must make http request for 4 hours.

You must view any page in 5 mins in order to stay active.

It would not have been difficult for the forum to store a cookie when you first visit the site, and track your time on the site even before you register. Then when you do finally register, it acknowledges the time you already spent on the site.

Like a lot of people, I read many posts on a site for weeks or even months before finally wanting to register - and then you have to wait and can't even ask a question, even though you're not really a newb.  Oh well I guess it's only 4 hours, but that seems like forever when you have a question to add to an existing thread (outside the newb forum).

Good to know, so the time act as currency?

Excuse me, what?

Time is gold. But an inch of gold cannot buy an inch of time. -Chinese saying

Look who's talking.

how is the 4 hour time logged in worked out?

I've spent well over 10 hours just lurking in either the miners or newbie section yet my "time logged in" is only 3.17 hours and hasn't changed for a while.

do I need to post every now and then to prove I'm logged in?

edit: now it's gone up since I've posted?

you need refresh pages regularly - F5

回复错过5个就可以了。

Slowest 4 hours...ever :-[

your clock is broken?

No you can't sleep! :)

should be increased to 10 hours so you read everything

I've been reading stuff for months, just didn't sign up 'till now. Never been on a serious forum before. ;)

good to know, seems my clock is broken  :)

It's annoying when you've been lurking without registering for weeks, but o well ...

Yes, that was annoying, as I too was a lurker. And also after registering and spending a lot of my time lurking through forums again, I've noticed my timer does not add correctly.

Then I've set up autorefreshing for a tab in my browser, and remaining 3 hours went by pretty fast.

timer is sooo slow

its funny part

5 posts and 4 hours of constant presence in the forums.

timer is soo slow

slow, but not stuck