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Title: Restricted to Newbie Post by: madmax420 on June 20, 2011, 03:24:30 AM What a bunch of crap! Think we dont know how and what to post in other topic forums? There should be no reason to restrricy anyone from adding to or replying to other topics in this forum.
Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: BitcoinPorn on June 20, 2011, 03:34:17 AM I don't think this will help the cause of you going to other parts of the forum.
Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: cecil w. on June 20, 2011, 03:36:49 AM Tell you what. I am going to reply to this thread, but only because I need one more post to level up. Sorry.
Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: SomeoneWeird on June 20, 2011, 03:38:48 AM What a bunch of crap! Think we dont know how and what to post in other topic forums? There should be no reason to restrricy anyone from adding to or replying to other topics in this forum. There has been ALOT of spam on these forums. PM me a reason why you want to be whitelisted. Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: aaaidan on June 20, 2011, 04:56:28 AM I'm very sympathetic to policies designed to combat spam. It's pretty grotty stuff. Surely there are better ways, no?
Couldn't users be required to fill in a captcha for the first 20 messages or something? This unusual policy is a high barrier to entry for legitimate potential members of the community. Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: SomeoneWeird on June 20, 2011, 04:58:37 AM I'm very sympathetic to policies designed to combat spam. It's pretty grotty stuff. Surely there are better ways, no? Couldn't users be required to fill in a captcha for the first 20 messages or something? This unusual policy is a high barrier to entry for legitimate potential members of the community. No because then they could still post spam. Title: Re: Restricted to Newbie Post by: Rutger on June 20, 2011, 05:06:27 AM I'm very sympathetic to policies designed to combat spam. It's pretty grotty stuff. I think most legitimate users are. It sucks a bit but it's something we have to deal with until every spammer is rounded up and sent to troll island where they can screw around with each other all day and find out just how fun it really is. |