Newbie restrictions

[aorith]

Uhm ... I see BTC @$120USD this time, next year

[auswalk]

I see. well i will be on for 4 hours, need some more posts though lol

[kevin143]

I will keep waiting patiently then!

[zzzzzthatssixzs]

How about an optional, nominal btc donation to skip the hazing

Sure it would be an interesting idea since users able to donate could be considered as not so beginners

Not a bad idea, though the restrictions aren't too bad. It's only reasonable to ask that of newbie members, as many new to Bitcoin may be new to forums and the appropriate way to utilize that forum.
+1 for the option to donate though.
//zzzzzz

[aquarius]

hmmm.. I want out o f jail,,,

[mige]

I am enjoying reading... I do not post much

like me.
 

[Bitsandbits]

Kinda annoying when you really want to answer someone's question or ask a really good one..and bam..you need to say random stuff first

[domik]

¨Good Idea!

[Kao]

I'm sure this has been brought up before but the four hours online requirement makes zero sense. All that does is encourage people to set the logout timer to one day and leave the forum in an open thread of their browser for four hours unless there's some other check to make sure people are actually active. Raising it to something like 24 hours since account creation and 15 posts would make a lot more sense.

[igorstep]

I am enjoying reading... I do not post much

+1

[kevin143]

Yeah, this 4 hours of logged in time is a sort of bizarre account restriction.

[0rganic]

Post 3 getting there

[altoz]

great idea. Hopefully, this will be important as bitcoin becomes more popular.

[ricardonutella]

I guess these are understandable restrictions

[tutkarz]

While i understand why this restrictions was made, i would like to also point out, that it forces people to spam useless posts in newbie area just to be able to post elsewhere.

[tysat]

While i understand why this restrictions was made, i would like to also point out, that it forces people to spam useless posts in newbie area just to be able to post elsewhere.

Oh man, never realized it till you pointed it out!

[np]

While this is a meaningful restriction, I think it should be made clearer to newbies why they cannot posts. The lack of reply box is not intuitive.

[agdsports]

Thanks for the info!

[xerces8]

While i understand why this restrictions was made, i would like to also point out, that it forces people to spam useless posts in newbie area just to be able to post elsewhere.

Yes, this was my first thought too.

[xerces8]

While this is a meaningful restriction, I think it should be made clearer to newbies why they cannot posts. The lack of reply box is not intuitive.

I concur. Some forums send an email or show a message after registration, like: Your account is limited until an administrator approves it, or you verify your email address or similar...

I only found out why I can't post after asking on IRC.

There should be a message after login or a permanent message bar with an explanation.