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April 22, 2013, 09:50:27 PM
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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?

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April 22, 2013, 10:00:38 PM
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Not in this forum, but everywhere else, yeah it does.

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April 22, 2013, 10:02:46 PM
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yes, it does not prevent spam in this forum, but I much prefer it instead of those darn captchas....

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April 22, 2013, 10:05:50 PM
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Yeah, it's all a small price to pay for the quality of the rest of the board and lack of captchas.
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