Newbie restrictions

[BadBear]

Damn, these restrictions are quite bad.

Shoulda seen the forums 6 months ago, quadrupled our normal volume and the majority of them were trolls trying to get a rise out of the libertarians. 

[Tittiez]

Well I'm out of here now, thank god.

[saltano99]

This isn't really anything most decent forums don't have. If you can't even make the initial posts needed to get out the newbie forum, then you should really be asking yourself if there isn't a more suitably-oriented forum for you.

[GlooBoy]

I find the rules very fair and can't wait to help contribute.

I've been lurking and needed to reply immediately to help someone out.

Next time I will be better prepared.

2 down.   

[angeldelasuerte]

Well, I suppose that it's in the interest of the forum.

[LoWang]

Allright would it be a big problem to stop making fools of newcomers and actually display some instructions about this newbie policy when somebody registers to forum? It is very confusing when you register, get immediatelly into forums without any activation email and then you just desperatelly look for "new topic" button which is simply missing. Unfortunatelly there is not a word about this in a help section, so this is quite impolite to say the least if one needs help with something and hopes to get it on this forum but gets just frustrated instead until he finds out that he can only write into newbies section. Thank you for understanding.

[JamesSandwitch]

I am Searching For and going to post a thread for restriction Information, Thank you so very much for sharing!

[red123]

get immediatelly into forums without any activation email and then you just desperatelly look for "new topic" button

I think this is the type of thing they're trying to avoid.

Hannah, tell us a story. How is your life? Why bitcoin?

No real story here. I wouldn't call myself a computer nerd but that's really all I do. I use bitcoins from anything to buying computer stuff to gambling. I am finding more and more people accepting bitcoin, it's starting to get real big from where it was 8 months ago.

[qasim99]

Thank you, looking forward to using Bitcoins 

[qasim99]

If i reach a higher user class on this forum, will it allow me to verify my account on bitmarket.eu? And if so, what class should i reach and how would i go about doing this?

[neuro]

good rules i suppose, but it'd be nice if these rules were advertised somewhere a bit more visibly

[red123]

Why can't I send PMs, have these rules changed?

edit: nvm I see the box.

[kirorolol]

Last post and t minus 4 hours lol

[Zoiner]

I suppose the restrictions make sense but I have been a member for 6 months and didn't realise the need to stay logged on and making innocuous posts to enable me to send PM etc.

The net result is that when I wanted to contact someone urgently I was unable to.  Perhaps the posting criteria should be placed somewhere clearly on the front page or with an obvious link.

[theymos]

Allright would it be a big problem to stop making fools of newcomers and actually display some instructions about this newbie policy when somebody registers to forum? It is very confusing when you register, get immediatelly into forums without any activation email and then you just desperatelly look for "new topic" button which is simply missing. Unfortunatelly there is not a word about this in a help section, so this is quite impolite to say the least if one needs help with something and hopes to get it on this forum but gets just frustrated instead until he finds out that he can only write into newbies section. Thank you for understanding.

During registration you were required to check a box labeled "I understand that I will initially be unable to post to most forum sections, as explained above." Maybe I should change it to "I promise to give bitcointalk.org 1000 BTC and my first-born child" and see how many people agree to it...

[Zoiner]

  Good point, I just tend to sign up to these things and come back later by which time I have forgotten.  Altzheimers' already 

[TimPrice]

Newbies shouldn't complain about the rules, it is better this way for all of us, especially the people who are been around for months.

[softwareseller]

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.

Note that it may take up to 10 minutes for your PM or posting permissions to be granted.

Does reply counts as posts?

[Tapeworm3]

Sensible rules. I cant complain.

[TimPrice]

And I'm done. Thanks!

Should I report you? lol