Why cant I reply to any posts?

[MangoJ]

I have created an account and been unable to find any "reply" button or any method to respond to any other post.
Creating this new topic under "Bitcoin Forum > Local > Other >" is the ONLY means I have to post on this forum.

NO way is this happening to everyone or the admins would notice nobody is posting.
Is my IP blocked or something?

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[yogi]

Due to a mass of trolling, only established posters are able to post in non-newbie sections. You are considered "established" if you have spent 4 hours online and have made 5 posts (new topics or replies).

If you have really good posts, you can post a request for preemptive whitelisting in the appropriate topic.

Also:
- Newbies cannot upload their own avatars.
- You must have made one post in order to send PMs.
- You need 10 posts to put a link in your signature.

Note that it may take up to 10 minutes for your PM or posting permissions to be granted. (The system automatically checks every 10 minutes and promotes people as appropriate.)

[MangoJ]

Ok, Thank you to the person that replied to me and told me whats up.
Due to trolls etc.. I have to be logged in for 4 hours, and have a bunch of posts.

[slikroad632]

Yah sadly there has been alot of trolls on here according to other people.

[ishare]

it took me a while to figure out lol

[MangoJ]

It would have been nice if the Welcome registration email told people that.  But then the trolls would know.. and easily do what trolls do, and so new users like us have to be really interested to not give up on this site.

[DannyHamilton]

It would have been nice if the Welcome registration email told people that. 
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It is pinned to the top section of the Newbies forum.  You also should have seen this screen when you signed up:

[bozak]

I've been wondering the same thing for awhile, I have plenty of hours logged in, but I never realized I needed the 5 posts in the newbie section. 

[nova]

This tricked me as well.

[demzie]

This tricked me as well.

Hmmz

[indianocean]

Well thats annoying..

So i will have to search these forums for 5 hours and write 5 totally pointless threads, until I can ask for help? Rethink it..

I have a problem, i have setup Litecoin and got a pool(s) and worker(s) and running with CGMiner and it says it's working and stuff, but the websits of the pools doesnt update or show any progress.. like it hasnt even been running.. any fix?

[indianocean]

2nd of 5... just remove this stupid rule.

[yogi]

Well thats annoying..

So i will have to search these forums for 5 hours and write 5 totally pointless threads, until I can ask for help? Rethink it..

I have a problem, i have setup Litecoin and got a pool(s) and worker(s) and running with CGMiner and it says it's working and stuff, but the websits of the pools doesnt update or show any progress.. like it hasnt even been running.. any fix?

If you look at the bitcointalk stats here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=stats you can see the newbie board is the second most active on this forum. Create a post in the newbie board with the title 'Help CGMiner not updating' and I'm sure someone will help you solve your problem.

[MrPickles]

2nd of 5... just remove this stupid rule.

I agree

[phrozenspite]

Good to see I had this question as well.

[Hitchslap7]

Well here's #5 

[CtmanGer]

Thank you for clarifying this. Was really worried,  though I suspected auch a thing

[excavator]

Well thats annoying..

So i will have to search these forums for 5 hours and write 5 totally pointless threads, until I can ask for help? Rethink it..

Totally agree with indianocean. This is an artificial restriction which may or may not be very effective in stopping "trolls" but is sure to create problems for any active new member.

I now have a problem which is specific to slush's pool and I would like to post my question there, isntead I need to think up 5 silly non-informative replies in order to "go to the next level"...

[DannyHamilton]

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I now have a problem which is specific to slush's pool and I would like to post my question there, isntead I need to think up 5 silly non-informative replies in order to "go to the next level"...

Or . . . . . . .

You could just post your question here in the Newbie Forum.  Then later when you reach Jr. Member status you can move that post to the appropriate mining forum if you haven't yet received a useful answer.

[pinarello]

thank you foor this information.

i finally found what i am looking for.

kind regards
pinarello

[pinarello]

Well here's #5 

is the rule off 5 post still is in place?

if so this is the second post 

thank you

[bitwaster]

It would have been nice if the Welcome registration email told people that.  But then the trolls would know.. and easily do what trolls do, and so new users like us have to be really interested to not give up on this site.

yeah - it took me a bit to figure it out as well

[dutu]

BTW, I didn't get a registration mail. Is this normal?

[jss!]

I was having this problem, i'm expecting post enough, cause i have months registered :/

[MassiveInvestor]

Funny Every board works this way.

[Adventure]

This rule snagged me too...  I'm not a regular user of forums.  This is the first one I've signed up for in ages.  So I guess I'm not familiar with the process.  But it would have been nice to get that information in a welcome email.

I've been wishing for post access to the alt-coin forum for a month now.

Also, no 'help' email addresses listed anywhere.

How about putting the "Newbies" forum at the top of the list of forums for anyone who can only post in Newbies?  Then I wouldn't have missed it.

As it is, I looked at the top few forums and never looked at the bottom ones.

[marcovaldo]

This rule snagged me too...  I'm not a regular user of forums.  This is the first one I've signed up for in ages.  So I guess I'm not familiar with the process.  But it would have been nice to get that information in a welcome email.

I've been wishing for post access to the alt-coin forum for a month now.

Also, no 'help' email addresses listed anywhere.

How about putting the "Newbies" forum at the top of the list of forums for anyone who can only post in Newbies?  Then I wouldn't have missed it.

As it is, I looked at the top few forums and never looked at the bottom ones.

Lol, I agree that they could send an email or explain it more clearly. But if you are here for a month, you probably could have find the "NEWBIE README" thread and understood what you have to do before unlocking the altcoin forum

[fengchu]

搞不清楚为什么会有这些垃圾规则

[Adventure]

This rule snagged me too...  I'm not a regular user of forums.  This is the first one I've signed up for in ages.  So I guess I'm not familiar with the process.  But it would have been nice to get that information in a welcome email.

I've been wishing for post access to the alt-coin forum for a month now.

Also, no 'help' email addresses listed anywhere.

How about putting the "Newbies" forum at the top of the list of forums for anyone who can only post in Newbies?  Then I wouldn't have missed it.

As it is, I looked at the top few forums and never looked at the bottom ones.

Lol, I agree that they could send an email or explain it more clearly. But if you are here for a month, you probably could have find the "NEWBIE README" thread and understood what you have to do before unlocking the altcoin forum

Perhaps I could have, but I wasn't looking for it.  I didn't even realize it existed.  I'm not a regular user of forums.  I basically just logged on and read the alt-coin forum, waiting for the day that I could actually respond to some of the threads and looking for an email address to request help from.  Yeah, I didn't look around enough.

[marcovaldo]

Perhaps I could have, but I wasn't looking for it.  I didn't even realize it existed.  I'm not a regular user of forums.  I basically just logged on and read the alt-coin forum, waiting for the day that I could actually respond to some of the threads and looking for an email address to request help from.  Yeah, I didn't look around enough.

You are still a newbie, but your limitation should be lifted soon ( https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=237597.0 )

[MalcolmMan]

I didn't even miss the part about the newbie rule when registering but then I almost couldn't find this Newbies forum so I thought it's a lost cause lol

[Winslow Strong]

It's pretty annoying.  I don't like posting just for the sake of posting.  I think we should be able to sign via bitcoin days of addresses we control, or something more sophisticated like this

[bitranox]

It's pretty annoying.  I don't like posting just for the sake of posting.  I think we should be able to sign via bitcoin days of addresses we control, or something more sophisticated like this

+1 for that one.

[keng]

坑爹啊，为什么新手不能去回复啊

[cor1987]

 

[erbo]

必须要先在新手论坛回帖

[Lee_Ab]

Excellent rule!

[xorbtc]

Yup good rule.

[Kiki112]

you can't because you're still not out of the newbie jail,
when you spend 4 hours on the forum you will be able to do so

[soloburrito]

Trying to reply even in the newbie section has been a pain.

[xorbtc]

Trying to reply even in the newbie section has been a pain.

A pain that can be understood

[yessine]

thank you foor this information.

i finally found what i am looking for

[davetheshrew]

thanks op this is what i was looking for

[thimo]

This was where i was looking for thanks

[Pepsi1]

I had this question too

[stephane.viglielmo]

Ok, it is the same for me.
I will wait.

thanks a lot.

[b144bla]

ohh I need 4 hours ?
Now i get it

[KrvnoZrnce]

So... who thought of stupid thing like this? Like seriously, are you f-in with me? I have to post on newbie forum (which I don't want to do cause I don't have anything to post here) so I can be able to actually comment on something that I'm interested in just because you are incapable to deal with troll accounts? Right... Ok... Well... Here comes 5 stupid posts...

[Lieji]

So... who thought of stupid thing like this? Like seriously, are you f-in with me? I have to post on newbie forum (which I don't want to do cause I don't have anything to post here) so I can be able to actually comment on something that I'm interested in just because you are incapable to deal with troll accounts? Right... Ok... Well... Here comes 5 stupid posts...

You never need 5 posts.
Just make 1 post and then wait for 4 hours, is it really that difficult?

[KrvnoZrnce]

It's not difficult but it's also useless and very annoying. It will not help solve any problems and it will not keep trolls and spam away but it is preventing me from posting for 4 hours.. I have something to say on any topic and I will wait for 4 hours and then get back and post it? Of course not... So, no, it's not difficult but is rather dull... Of course, that is only my opinion. And I have seen people spending tons of money on dogecoin and catcoin, so I guess nothing surprises me anymore...

[johnfkennedy]

It's not difficult but it's also useless and very annoying. It will not help solve any problems and it will not keep trolls and spam away but it is preventing me from posting for 4 hours.. I have something to say on any topic and I will wait for 4 hours and then get back and post it? Of course not... So, no, it's not difficult but is rather dull... Of course, that is only my opinion. And I have seen people spending tons of money on dogecoin and catcoin, so I guess nothing surprises me anymore...

I don't know, I think this system is fair to promote longetivity!  That's just my 0.02 BTC

[jormatar]

Thanks for topic.

[coinyeezus]

so from my understanding, it is 4 hours / 5 replies / 1 thread?

[Dannie]

so from my understanding, it is 4 hours / 5 replies / 1 thread?

No. Just make 1 post (either a new thread or a reply), and then wait 4 hours (no need to be online).

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

Newbie Restrictions
You can only post in the Newbie and Local sub-forums till you have made one post and waited 4 hours.

[yak]

I guess this might as well be my first reply
even though I've had this account for a long time!

[hero209]

Me to, i cant reply post... Thank you to the person that replied to me and told me whats up. 

[xangma]

I had this problem for ages before I realised it was a restriction. This saddens me greatly as I have been a lurker for years, and often have useful posts to add, but can't until I make this (somewhat useless) post.

[youneverknow]

thanks for the 4 hours and 5 posts of 'established' criteria...

[patsoft]

Oh finally I figured it out thanks to this thread.

Now posting in an epic newb thread roflcopter!