It's stupid that newbies must make 5 posts and browse for 4 hours. Here's why

[homad]

i'm a nub, she's a nub, and we're all nubs hey
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[swiss]

If I had known that I needed to browse for four hours aside from posting five comments, I would've signed up sooner. I've been browsing for two to three hours now.. *smh* .. I doubt it's possible to get credited for that time. Anywho..

same here.. i spent alot of hours in this forum just reading diffrent topics.. but rules are rules and i think it's good like that. There are really alot of scammers and if this rules help it's good for everyone

[Kaepora]

Four hours isn't much at all and 5 posts is nothing really. You should be reading the majority of the time anyways. I don't see a problem.

[redmetal]

I do agree, it's quite hard for us to post anywhere useful if we have to make 5 random posts first

[quantummine]

This is one of my 5 posts. I'm trying to PM someone necessary.

[gillespies]

five posts is easy (and quick), but four hours------- it seems an eternity (particularly if you are not new to bitcoin)

[fmota]

It's not stupid. It's there to reduce spam on the other boards, I think.

[Zaih]

I think it's also to do with bots as well. I guess it's harder to bot 5 replies as well?

It also can give people a decent indication of what a person is like. Someone who makes 5 genuine, constructive posts as a newbie, they're far more likely to be a more reliable member of the community.

Then again, you got a decent argument. I'm not fussed though.

[Zapit1]

The restrictions on this forum are sub-par. The part where you have to browse for four hours is kind of reasonable and understandable.

However, having to post 5 times is ridiculous. The reason being is that it encourages spam posts. If you go to the newbies section most of is spam. The reason being is people just spam posts in order to post in the other forums.

This is a terrible idea. Now I have to sit here for four hours before released my project, and I have to make tons of these stupid pointless posts.

Thanks bitcointalk.

We'll all be alright 

[J35st3r]

five posts is easy (and quick), but four hours------- it seems an eternity (particularly if you are not new to bitcoin)

All it took was one morning's browsing for me (and not all of that on bitcointalk, just come back to the site occasionally and the timer keeps counting up). So from registration to Jr Member was just 12 hours (including sleep time!)

Come on, if I can do it, you can do it too! 

[kinkywaffle]

So a lot of spam gets put into the newbie section because they have restrictions? This seems alright since it restricts spam a bit of the spam from spilling over to the better content. I am all for it...no matter how annoying it is to have to wait!

edit: 5th post!

[aigeezer]

Whenever someone whines habitually, you may want to look up their profile and their post history. It will help you decide whether to add the person to your ignore list. What people say in their profile may or may not be true but it is still revealing, and of course the post history never lies - it is what it is, which makes it very useful.

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Name:    Plazmotech
Posts:    11
Position:    Newbie
Date Registered:    April 14, 2013, 04:09:22 PM

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Gender:    Male
Age:    12

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[Lohoris]

I think it's also to do with bots as well. I guess it's harder to bot 5 replies as well?

It also can give people a decent indication of what a person is like. Someone who makes 5 genuine, constructive posts as a newbie, they're far more likely to be a more reliable member of the community.

Then again, you got a decent argument. I'm not fussed though.

But you won't make genuine constructive posts if you are limited to a section full of spam and noobs.

[d.sly]

Hello there.

Yes, it's a little bit annoying to wait for four hours !! but by my side, I prefer to post 5 posts rather than to surf 4 hours on the site, because when you hit bitcoin for the first time, you arrive here one or two time, for me, a couple, and you pass more than 4 hours on this forum before to have something to say to all of us. But 5 posts. If you search a little bit (coin), you make it in a couple of minutes. But me, I was not be abble to make it !!! shame !!

See you

[aigeezer]

I think it's also to do with bots as well. I guess it's harder to bot 5 replies as well?

It also can give people a decent indication of what a person is like. Someone who makes 5 genuine, constructive posts as a newbie, they're far more likely to be a more reliable member of the community.

Then again, you got a decent argument. I'm not fussed though.

But you won't make genuine constructive posts if you are limited to a section full of spam and noobs.

Then you have a problem. Luckily, you can solve it easily by posting genuine constructive posts.   

[Lohoris]

Then you have a problem. Luckily, you can solve it easily by posting genuine constructive posts.   

Why should you bother posting in a section were you won't receive any meaningful answer (unless you're very lucky?).

I tried that: once I got no answer I gave up. Then I was whitelisted, and was able to post elsewhere, were people actually read and understand what you write.

[jeannie]

Looks ok, at least we get time to read through what is on the forums

[Taihen]

while I do think the five post count contributes to spam and I don't really like it because most of the posts are only there to get the post Count higher
at least it keeps the spam in one place, the newbie forum

[jeannie]

The 5 posts is still alright but the 4 hours is a bit long

[varunsin]

I am almost there, after this I am going to post on a group buy and get my hands on ASIC shares.