johnmichael
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June 22, 2011, 12:01:24 PM |
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how is the restriction lifted? Automatic? upon a request?
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Octavian
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June 22, 2011, 12:12:07 PM |
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this I want to know also
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julz
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June 22, 2011, 12:33:59 PM |
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I don't think the newbie restriction thing is made obvious enough to new signups. I wasted time with different browsers, checking my email system etc to see if I'd missed an instruction.. Please be a bit more considerate of the newbies who sign up. - Make the newbie posting notice bigger and bolder.
- Send a confirmation/intro email.
- put a notice about the newbie restriction status in the profile section too.
Disappointed. I signed up to make a specific comment on a particular timely issue. I guess a bit of newbie collateral damage is all part of the war on spam eh. J |
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gcstone787
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June 22, 2011, 12:49:07 PM |
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Thanks for this info
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X68N
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June 22, 2011, 01:01:00 PM |
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"Sensible but annoying Smiley"
But sensible. <- LOL
Yes Spammers and hackers are the modern "Aids" of our free Internet ;-)
so this is needed, sad but true
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Stupidpal
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June 22, 2011, 01:30:27 PM |
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I think this is a wonderful system to prevent spamming.
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Octavian
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June 22, 2011, 01:31:30 PM |
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I almost made the 5 postings ... Hello World.  |
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FallingEdge
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June 22, 2011, 01:46:30 PM |
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I have 6 posts and
Total time logged in: 4 hours and 7 minutes,
but i can post in the "newbies" section only.
What's wrong?
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Update:
After previous post i get 7 posts and Total time logged in: 4 hours and 11 minutes.
Now I can post and reply in any topics, strange but true.
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Stupidpal
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June 22, 2011, 02:05:06 PM |
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Need to wait a little longer.
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X68N
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June 22, 2011, 02:16:13 PM |
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I have 6 posts and
Total time logged in: 4 hours and 7 minutes,
but i can post in the "newbies" section only.
What's wrong?
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Update:
After previous post i get 7 posts and Total time logged in: 4 hours and 11 minutes.
Now I can post and reply in any topics, strange but true.
i dont know, you could sent a PM to an Admin or Mod. or go to the Whitelist thread. |
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X900BattleGrape
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June 22, 2011, 03:08:48 PM |
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While understanding the need to restrict spam I think 20 min. is a long long time to make folks wait. There are better methods out there, and a 5 min. delay for postings would be better. All I wanted to do is PM someone for now, alas....
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X68N
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June 22, 2011, 03:17:13 PM |
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Hello,
the actual wait time isnt. 20min. it is 4 hours! :-(
i am still waiting 1 hour left
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muscles
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June 22, 2011, 03:18:03 PM |
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Makes sense
(post #2)
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asterix
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June 22, 2011, 03:26:57 PM |
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Hi,
I don't find these restrictions very useful and it is not clear that it will help in the end : those that want to troll just wait 4 hours and in the mean time post to this thread for example.
Better is IMHO to ban people if they don't behave : black list the e-mail they used and erase their registration. So in order to come on-line again they would have to re-register with a new e-mail address. My guess is they will get bored very soon.
The moderator could send them a warning maybe
A ... n ... y ... w ... a ... y ... s : this was post 3 ...
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Deathdealer
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June 22, 2011, 03:34:26 PM |
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Hi im new just got done reading the restrictions
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chris_topher
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June 22, 2011, 03:53:36 PM |
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This is a good idea.
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as3ard
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June 22, 2011, 04:00:25 PM |
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Good ideal, sending PM's shouldn't be restricted imho. (specially if it's a time sensitive PM)
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fxgmblr
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June 22, 2011, 04:14:14 PM |
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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. If you have really good posts, you can post a request for preemptive whitelisting in the appropriate topic. Also: - You must have made one post in order to send PMs. - You need 10 posts to put a link in your signature. - You need 50 posts to put an image in your signature. guess we need to make 5 posts in the newbie section then |
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kerogre256
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June 22, 2011, 04:30:11 PM |
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How many post I need to get activation link ?
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earthmeLon
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June 22, 2011, 04:31:16 PM |
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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. If you have really good posts, you can post a request for preemptive whitelisting in the appropriate topic. Also: - You must have made one post in order to send PMs. - You need 10 posts to put a link in your signature. - You need 50 posts to put an image in your signature. Thanks for establishing some criteria (however annoying it is for us real users).  |
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