I have 5 posts now and 16hrs login time, why I am still a newbie

[mika1977]

I have too several hours today but timer says 52 minutes. Where is the problem.

[Marduk]

This rule is really annoying... Why it has to be this way?

The rule is in place to cut down on spam.

However, I think the more relevant reason is to encourage newbies (like myself) to read through the forums before creating new threads to ask questions that have been asked 1000's of times before.  There are a lot of internet users out there that (oddly) are too damn lazy to use a search function.

I like the 4 hour rule.  It's obviously not a perfect solution, but I think it does more good than harm.  The 5 post rule though seems silly to me.  One could just create a new thread and reply to himself 4 times?  That part seems to encourage pointless posting.

[Largestill]

Only problem is that 4 hours feels like 4 weeks.

[atp1916]

I was under the impression you needed 30 points + 4 hours?

[Largestill]

I was under the impression you needed 30 points + 4 hours?

Seeing as you are already a Jr. with only 21 posts I doubt it.

[exfortuna]

Balls, I didn't realize it was 6 posts.

[dobber]

Just another reply to push up my post count.

I already qualify for the 4 hours rule, but need my post count to move to 5.

[sla73]

What’s the difference between and post and a reply?

[E.Sam]

None, both are +1 for your post pool

[chinh.daongoc]

Maybe I have 160 hours + online, but post? hmmm only 4 :p

[BitXCash.com]

It's a CRON job that checks every 10 minute so if you just made your required number of posts, it may not have automatically updated yet.

[BitXCash.com]

replies like this one should surely count. Otherwise I would expect a large amount of threads being opened and few being replied to.

Yeah I think the rules for such a low required post count but somewhat high in comparison online time of 4 hours are only meant to keep people from registering new accounts rapidly for spam and trolling or to prevent automated software, like XRUMER, from making accounts to spam automatically.

[DrWison]

I think 4 hours is reasonable and 5 posts is not too bad.  It's only bad when you really want to get something done NOW! Also making random replies is not really my style, but here I am.

[southerngentuk]

I agree its not convenient i should have signed up long ago and all that time lurkng it would be done by now...

[nhatsport]

me too

[lizardflix]

I'm not sure I understand how things work either since it appears I've lost time logged in since I was last here.  Maybe I'm just remembering wrong.

[keccak512]

?

[high110]

Just put up a few more posts. It works for me now.

[Rival]

It occurs to me that the 5 post rule pretty much ensures posts which contribute nothing, such as this one.

[kodo]

Admin has to manually approve everyone