the purpose of the probation period

[sokol815]

so, fellow newbies, just in case you were wondering why you have to be stuck in "newbie prison" for 4 hours/5 posts... this greatly reduces the amount of spam the boards receive.

Seems to work pretty well, eh?

[1715681146]

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[Kruncha]

Not in this forum, but everywhere else, yeah it does.

K.

[sokol815]

yes, it does not prevent spam in this forum, but I much prefer it instead of those darn captchas....

[BitcoinShirtShop]

Yeah, it's all a small price to pay for the quality of the rest of the board and lack of captchas.