Why such restricted restrictions on Newbies?

[glowkeeper]

I'm about to receive 3 cairnsmore1's and a rainbow pi and wanted to post a "anyone got a howto or any tips?" in the custom hardware/fpga section - then find I have to make 5 posts to be able to do that. Why?

[linuxer]

It is to keep bots away from this site.

[cschroeder23]

tough restrictions, but well worth it after right?

[B0FF]

just start going through the newbies forum.
You'll find threads to reply in

[josh_nc]

Got it...

[glowkeeper]

tough restrictions, but well worth it after right?

Yeah, but a major pain in the butt. Been on forums for 20 years now and the first time I've come across anything quite so restrictive.....

(that's 2/5  )

[Buffalo66]

I need support in the bitcoinsports.eu thread but I have to get my newbie posts out of the way before I can post there. 

[cschroeder23]

just make sure you post in the proper topics, otherwise risk a deleted post :/

[redfish]

I've made more than 5 posts. How come I still can't post anywhere else?

[buddrulez]

I think you need to be online for a certian ammount of time first.

[pichadpi]

I think you need to be online for a certian ammount of time first.

Yep, 4 or more hours and 5 or more posts.
2/5 for me. BYAHHHHHHH!

[glowkeeper]

5 posts. Now I've gotta sit and click my thumbs for 45 minutes until I can post for real. Grrrrrrrr.......

[quiksilver911]

I also initially didn't like the newbie controls, because I only signed up when I REALLY felt the need to post on something.

However, I know the community has suffered from so many scams, and these restrictions do help to limit them, and other problems such as adverts posted by bots.

On the plus side, it introduced me to the newbie section, which I haven't browsed in the past. Some nuggets lying around here as well.

[quiksilver911]

Five posts (this is the sixth) and 5h30m logged in, and still newbie. I guess the process is manual?

[badspark]

I wanted to react to a post. Now I have to write 5 bullshit posts before I can say something meaningfull.
Live is a bitch and spambots should die !

[badspark]

Or and least their operators should suffer

[fpool]

I wanted to react to a post. Now I have to write 5 bullshit posts before I can say something meaningfull.
Live is a bitch and spambots should die !

Indeed. But now we're all stuck here in the newbies forum, unable to get all the help that we want
I think we just gotta live with it. I don't think that they're gonna change it, though..

Atleast it keeps the forum spam-free. Atleast from bots..

[quiksilver911]

Five posts (this is the sixth) and 5h30m logged in, and still newbie. I guess the process is manual?

Ah, found a post on the newbie whitelist request thread that suggests a script runs at intervals to upgrade qualifying newbies to to Jr. Member. The script runs approximately every 10 minutes, so you have to wait a little after post #5; you don't get upgraded immediately after post #5.

I wanted to edit my original post above, but couldn't find a way to do it (sorry of that means I'm a newbie to forums in general, which I am)

[badspark]

If you edit your previous post, does that count as a post ?   

[inkognitoman]

or operators should kill spambots