Newbie restrictions

[SellStuff]

I just found out I can't post in the forum yet except this section

What do I need to do to be considered "non-newbie"?

Learn to read. 

[BBLotus]

Need to get those 5 posts and 4 hours in then. Now that I"m sick of ebay there's a bunch of stuff I'd like to sell in the trading section:


Playstation 3, Games, controllers, 250gb hdd. etc

4 camera security system with other stuff.

Blackberry Smartphone,


and more I've got laying around.

[World]

to much restrictions in this forum my first impression   

[Maidak]

Well that makes alot of sense now I can't wait looking forward to opening up a shop for MMO games that accepts bitcoins as a form of payment for the currency in the MMORPG games. I'll be supporting various MMORPGS!

[ChiangYay]

yes, this 5 post rule is not so good. I understand the 4 hours rule, but why the 5 posts??

I don't mind these rules.

[Fred26]

I don't mind the 5 post rule, I'm already up to two!
Just have to be logged in for another 3 hours =(
I suppose these kinds of rules are different to each forum based on the problems they have.
I'm happy to wait, means less chance of poo poo faces being on here =)

[Kaos]

yea, the rules may be a bit annoying but they do (mostly) make sense.

[sexystick]

makes sense to me.

[k0rsakoff]

Thank you for the clarification, was wondering why I couldn't PM anyone or post a thread lol.

[Phinnaeus Gage]

Do you realize that you could remove about 65% of your spam if you simply banned Matthew N. Wright and Phinnaeus Gage?

Edit: After reading more of both of their posts it seems like they are paid forum plugs to keep the activity hot. One is overly nice and one overly rude but both work together on occasion.

Matthew, who's standing right next to me said hi. We both have to leave now to go and cash our checks from BitcoinTalk. Thank you kindly, JennyHill, for your comments.

One more thing, Matthew said... (I better not repeat that!)

~Bruno~

Full Disclosure: I will be paid a quarter for this post. After a few more posts today, thus more quarter, I'll be able to afford a can of spam. Let's go, Matthew, before the bank closes.

[discordian666]

Well that makes alot of sense now I can't wait looking forward to opening up a shop for MMO games that accepts bitcoins as a form of payment for the currency in the MMORPG games. I'll be supporting various MMORPGS!

Virtual cash for virtual items Sounds like a great idea to me! What MMORPG's are you planning on supporting?

[pyongyon]

took me 3 hours to figure out how to post ffs... all this mining is starting to dig a hole in my brain....

awesome forums and good rules imho, will stay here a while !

[ike989]

The rules are sensible: it forces newbies to learn about bitcoin properly.

[jokerdragon]

Hi I m a fk bitcoin noob trying to win restrictions yet. =D

[bcjunkie]

I definitely agree with the newbie restrictions. 

[eurocashbtc]

This may have been said before, but this will seriously spam the newbie forums. Esspecially the "Introduce yourself" and "Newbie rules" threads.

Having said that, i'm now up to two posts. :-/

[PharmaKarma]

I don't think these restrictions make much sense to be honest, just apply some good filters to signup and have vigilant moderation for the occasional human-spammer imho. They needlessly fill this newbie section with spam of people trying to get to the other sections for no reason.

I agree.  There are other ways to prevent this from happening.

[ARapalo]

Sigh*... I'm in stuck in this section

Requested to get out like a week ago but I guess I'm not approved yet. If this procedure is done manually, then there's some inconsistencies here. I don't see much spam from other forums, and yet they don't implement this "newbie section" restriction. Most of the spam is prevented in the registration process I think.

[gorgo1]

I like this.More sensible and reasonable.Good call Theymos 

[joshv06]

Well this is a good idea.