What is the point of 5 worthless posts?

[krudkeeper]

the sense of 5 posts is.... none, better way would  be 0.01 or 0.005 btc to get full access.
People would think twice before troliing

I like the idea of a tiny initial fractional charge for posting; plenty of other forums out there have a small one-time fee to keep the trolls and spammers out.  It is a bit of a hassle to build up five newbie posts so that I can thank the cudaminer devs and post my rig specs for feedback.

Anything worth doing just takes time. I love this forum and highly recommend it!

[bestman999]

it's not ideal.... but i guess it helps with bots.

[nex_]

I'll add my 5 cents (:

[fr0st99]

It's kinda worthless still...

[Xaltotun]

I don't know.

[nottestuser]

I don't know but thanks for providing a place for me to spin my counter in a somewhat on-topic way.

[walnutter]

The Most on-topic posts are made in off-topic newbie thread  

[sylvestertheinvestor]

Hello,

Apparently I need to write 5 posts.

Thanks

[lucas.sev]

the drop post

[PiaggioCaptain]

Bump...not that it's needed, but it's still a post.

Is annoying as there's a thread above I'd like to say something really clever.

[PiaggioCaptain]

Oh, only one more to go!

[Chris_Sabian]

I don't get it 

me too

[mrmanager]

Honestly, I don't understand the 5 post minimum. I joined the site to give thanks to someone who posted some information that solved a problem.

[tacoman]

Honestly, I don't understand the 5 post minimum. I joined the site to give thanks to someone who posted some information that solved a problem.

I joined to thank someone for creating a program that I have found incredibly useful.  The four hour time frame has been harder for me than the post minimum.

[forgotem]

Here is me showing I'm not a bot or something of the like!

[ToxicDartFrog]

Here's my 5th post. Yay I'm free!!

[RichG]

I don't get it 

To prevent bots.

[boldar]

It could be to actually start you on a trend of posting in the hopes that you might break the ice and be helpful to each other...  yup, I know it's kind of a mind-f**k  :-P

[dwdoc]

1) Instead of worthless posts why not post something about how you got interested in bitcoin, how long you've been involved, whether you mine or buy BTC, etc.? Posting a bunch of worthless posts just to get your numbers up will eventually get you ignored by other members.

2)You will appreciate this hurdle directed against spammers and scammers once you get through.

3)For those rushing to get through for group buys, there are new ones posted all the time.

4)If you are a long time lurker but recent registrant you already know all this.

[bitcoinwebhosting]

oh good, is this the worthless post thread? if soi here is worthless post #3 for me.

I second that. lol