Bitcoin Forum

Do newbies need to start a new topic, or does making a reply count as their first post?

And here is my second sentence.

good question. Im wandering that myself. Guess this is a test to see if i can PM after sending a reply

Make a new post (which you did) spend atleast 4hrs in forums (Total time logged in:) and you are out of newbie jail.,

"out of newbie jail" means the 10 minute restriction between posts is also lifted? That would be soooo nice. :)

can someone explain me? im logged here 4hours 16min, posted 3 posts, and i still cant post in other forums except newbies... so how can i run from newbies jail? :D

"The last posting from your IP was less than 360 seconds ago. Please try again later."

I believe the posting restriction is for 6 minutes. (360 seconds = 6 minutes)

this is so stupid.... but i guess ill have to start some where!

see you later

And I keep getting the last post within 360 seconds, but only have one post like 45 minutes ago :)  I just can't win.  All I want to do is find out why the pool I am on is registering my shares but not giving me any coins.

edit: Yay, finally got a post through

Look above there's a column called "Total time logged in:" when you reach 4hrs their means you have to spend atleast 4hrs before you can post anywhere, just cruse around a little bit.
For more info see this - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=177133.0

Haven't been able to post yet.
All attempts to post have given me the "last post was within 360 seconds" error.
Hopefully this one will work.

You have to wait 6 min to post after you've logged in.

Newbie jail is not fun  :'(

Don't worry  ;) We'll make though.

I have been registered to hundreds of forums and have never experienced anything like this. First off I could not figure out where the reply buttons were at. Then I figured that there was some form of restrictions to new users so I had to go hunting for that information which was not put in plain site on the registration page. Now I am having to go through more hoops and perform tricks to please the powers that be. They are hurting themselves by making this difficult. Not surprisingly, this is almost exactly like bitcoin itself: hard as shit to get involved in. You have to first do a ton of research and spend hours and hours trying to figure out how everything works. And then when you do, your access is very limited until you have yet again spent many many hours and hours actually mining. I guess this community likes being difficult and making "newbies" go through a "learning phase" or some such mess. Whatever floats your boat man.

There are plenty of advocates for bitcoin that claim it will never be main stream acceptable until it is made easier to use. I agree. If you want people to do something, make it easy.

Making a post here just to try to get out of jail so I can post to the Bitcoin 100 thread!

That's sounds about right to me. The main reason I'm trying to this forum is for the bonus you get on the devcoin faucet. 

what is this bonus u speak of

hmmm strange my first post was about a week ago and im almost always online, lets see if this post helps

Edit: lol what happend to my first post?

What the hell is with all the crypto currency popping up anyway? Litecoin, devcoin, newbcoin, papasmurfcoin. Like where does it stop? Do I just invent my own crypto coin to make my next house payment in 20 years? Yeah uh today it's going to be chips-a-hoy coin. Yup.

Yes they are; you just didn't read them. They're also in the newbie readme.

And Bitcoin is easy. It's only difficult for technophobes and idiots.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  Are there any verterans of this board around that can remember why they created this bizarre system?  Was there a spam flood or some hostile takeover attempt?  I'm just curious why the hoops are necessary.

Yeah, I'm sure there was a ton of spam. A forum about what was at one point basically a penny stock loved by relatively crazy political thinkers, that was also loved by people who program and do various other obtuse computer activities? Yeah, that sounds like the biggest bullseye imaginable.

Maybe it is like hazing. Do you want it bad enough recruit? Do you?

Pleeeaassse...Let me out of here...I promise I'll be good... ;D ;)

people will be posting due to getting out of jail >.<

I'm still posting to this area although I am free now, cause some of my inquiries belong here. Now I wonder - how long until I can add an avatar???

O great idea! I must write something useless here when i want to write something usefull in antoher thread!

I am dead serious about needing an avatar. And my post's have been far from useless, they have helped me and a few others get answers to issues that don't need to be in non-noob areas. Post whatever you want here, it will be moved to the pertinent section as the moderator see's fit.

No a reply counts as a post. I can't post this straight after my other post was sent, so apparently, as newbies, we have a time restriction as well.

Honestly, I have absolutely nothing valuable to say... I just want to remove this restriction just in case.  ;) I'll still spend most of my time just lurking around all the forums anyway.

You can't. They were disabled.

Reasoning? That's kinda bad for the forum imo, makes it harder to recognize people

Due to a security flaw which was exploited to hack the forums.

Yep it seems that I have the same idea ...

Hi,  I'm not so much a newbie as a new member.

Been around the block a few times, so waiting for full access.

I think the newbies restriction is a decent idea tho.

I want a custom title that says shibe rather than newbie.

   

Hello Hello  ;D   This is my Hello "Bit"

Why would anyone want to post anything here?  Lonely?

You can only post in the Newbie and Local sub-forums till you have made one post and waited 4 hours. This post must be substantial: at least several sentences.

Welcome guys

Thank for the welcome and for the explanation: I'm here exactly to discover how can I escape from newsbie jail :-)

Then you'll need to donate 50BTC I think.

It does seem to be a bit ridiculous at the moment, some are dead on arrival
(mousecoin). They can be used for short term gain if you're careful.  Anyway
it's easy to just avoid all the knock-offs and stick with coins you find to be
reputable, just like any other product.

Well, you posted something here, so does this mean you are a loner? ;) ....hmm, didn't think that one out did you?

Yes I think they have no posting restrictions at all except the time period restrictions but I am not sure.

Why would anyone want or possibly need a 'Mousecoin'? These coins are pure stupidity.

No restrictions but you have to wait 6 minutes between posts I think.

Yes, but the time limit gets less and less the more activity you get.

Don't you think that the donation price should be lowered because of the amount Bitcoin is now.

I think the donation price is 10BTC actually, but yeah, that's a lot.

Edit: It's both: .

wtf, that's fucked up too much

FYI: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=38071.msg1680125#msg1680125
Theymos made it clear the price will not be dropped.

I think you mean VIP. Yes, it's 50. Alternatively 10 for Contributor.

I mean Donator.

Reply will be counted as a post.

You can now post anywhere!

nah, just post anywhere in the whole forumz!