Hi. Welcome to the holding pen. :-P

Personal opinion, sure.... but it seems a bit high to make users browse for 4 hours to get out of newbie status.  I understand that posts can be made super fast and bypass the post limit... but 1 hour should suffice to dissuade spammers.  Spending half a work-day reading without being able to reply is like being a mime at a sporting event where you just want to join the crowd in cheering on the team or something.

Hello.  Been mining BTC for a year or so... waiting on some ASICs to arrive (aren't we all?  ).  Figured it's worth a shot posting here vs me having to futz around the Newbie cage.

New member here. Wishing I had signed up sooner to be eligible for the Ripple giveaways... :-P