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Hi all, I'm a newbie but every time i try to message people or post i get 360 second time ban. I need to talk with users more than this. How do i remove the limits? Thanks.

Once you get at least 16 activity (should take 2, 14 week periods assuming that you post at least a total of 16 posts and 1 post in each period) you can post every 74 seconds

The limits are designed to prevent spam and to prevent people from scamming in mass

BOOM! Does this also apply to limited amount of PMs you can send within an hour?

it does yes :)

I would need some tips to get this done as well.

I have been actively posting in this forum, and still the activity doesnt seem to change.

Is there a guidebook, which i can take a look at for this?

yes, it's in the meta forum (search for it)

Check this out:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

And
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0

it's still better than past time, when newbie jail still implemented
you can't post in many sub forums/section
360s delay prevent spam from newbie account
post more and your delay will decrease and after reach jr.member (cmiiw), your delay is normal

Just wait it out. Everyone here has to endure the newbie limitations, it's not a big deal. Keep reminding yourself that you will be rewarded when you get to member status.  :D

There used to be only a newbie section. Now, it is removed, I don't see reason why mods would remove the 360 second limit upon request. If they approve of this, the forum would only become a spam place. The 360second limit will lowered. Your activity limit will increase by 14 per two active weeks. Activity change occurs at 30minutes intervals.

Yes. If you send a PM, then it will start the 360 second timer over again, however newbies also have a 5 PM per hour max above the 360 second limit.

i am pretty sure logging in counts as a 'post' as well.
so once you login you have to wait 5 minutes to post or send a PM.

Become more established and when your activity reaches 28-30 your time should be something like 70-90 seconds, I doubt there are special considerations and modification of wait time between posts.

It's possible to have it reduced significantly by being whitelisted, though personally I rarely do that on request, better to have someone vouch for you.

Waiting time gets to a decent level at 15 activity, that is, the second two weeks period if the user is active.

The waiting time will be 90-15 =  75 seconds, and will lower at each new activity the user gets.

I thought the whitelisting is long gone, but it seems I am wrong. :)
According to the member search page (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=mlist), there are only 4 persons having the "Whitelisted" position. :)

What would the requirements be to get whitelisted, and what would happen when someone vouches for you?

Would this remove the posting limits?

We can whitelist users, but their position remains same.

Valid reasons, the person, I think preferably trusted among the forum would guarantee you won't spam up the forum. There isn't posting limits, only posting intervals.

The time limit between posts shortens with the activity increases and is about 30-50 seconds when your activity is +30 and you are a junior member. Just spend a little time on forum and in 2-4 weeks your activity would reach that level.

But if someone was trusted on these forums, wouldn't they generally have been here for long enough and posted enough so that whitelisting someone would be pointless?

Just do it as everybody else, wait for your turn meanwhile be part of community. I remember long time ago when I was angry at those obnoxious limitation myself. But it was long time ago and I forgot about it already.

Please take note that I am not saying about the person who is getting whitelisted but another person who knows him well either online or in real life.

Are there any other effects of being whitelisted , other than a reduced posting cooldown ?

A moderator bestowed custom privileges could be useful.
EG :- An established member wishes to make a new official account for their site , they could have the same posting cooldown as their main account would have and also be able to put a link to their site in the signature immediately.

I don't really know. I rarely use that feature.

you will have to wait until you are jr member

You means this limit will not remove till I will become junior member.
BTW how I will become Junior member and when.

Please read stickies.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608

Thanks for showing this, I understand now how activities work.

I would like to see a feature when a user could pay a small amount to the forum in order to have the posting (but not PM) limits lifted. This would still limit the number of scams by preventing people from scamming via PM, and making it expensive to even to try to scam in public, and generate some level of additional revenue (that the forum may or may not need) in the process.

The problem is newbies do not have much BTC. If newbies want to post urgently, they can't reduce the time limit. Whereas, if a spammer want to spam up the forum, they can create new accounts and spam up the forum. This isn't very expensive.