Activity & new membergroup limits

[yatsey87]

Restricting newbs from making posts is also ridiculous.

I disagree. Restricting newbies has it's purposes. One is to prevent spam and scamming. It's protecting others. You choose to use this forum, you were not forced to join. Therefore, should understand the measures and rules put in place to prevent mayhem.

I would just like to clarify when I said posts I meant posting threads, I agree with the restrictions in place for posting as it does cut down spam and spambots etc, but It doesn't really prevent scams.

[Welsh]

I would just like to clarify when I said posts I meant posting threads, I agree with the restrictions in place for posting as it does cut down spam and spambots etc, but It doesn't really prevent scams.

I see. Although, restriction on posting their own threads is also a good thing. It prevents them advertising malicious content very easily through multiple accounts. With the restrictions in place they would be less likely to create many accounts and spam. But, yes I know that they could just post instead of opening up their own thread.
But, I think seeing the same person spamming loads of threads could be a problem. Especially from companies with spambots etc.

The same reason why I think it reduces scamming. It limits the amount of people creating multiple accounts and acting that the person/service is legit when it's not. I think the restrictions should be a little more and the users should only be approved by staff if anything. The current system is working and I think does a good job.

[2bfree]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

[hilariousandco]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

I think it's a max 28 activity you get per month.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every 30 minutes.

[keithers]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

I think it's a max 28 activity you get per month.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every 30 minutes.

So 28 is the max activity you get per month?  I was pretty good at algebra..but that activity equation was confusing me...lol.   I was stuck at newbie for awhile...when I had over 200 posts I think, it has just updated to jr. member today I think.   I didn't really care about the title, but I was having trouble posting sometimes which stunk...

[MakeBelieve]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

I think it's a max 28 activity you get per month.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every 30 minutes.

So 28 is the max activity you get per month?  I was pretty good at algebra..but that activity equation was confusing me...lol.   I was stuck at newbie for awhile...when I had over 200 posts I think, it has just updated to jr. member today I think.   I didn't really care about the title, but I was having trouble posting sometimes which stunk...

28 is the maximum you can have a month yes post count has no effect what so ever.

[keithers]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

I think it's a max 28 activity you get per month.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=178608.0

The activity number is determined in this way:
time = number of two-week periods in which you've posted since your registration
activity = min(time * 14, posts)

Activity is updated every 30 minutes.

So 28 is the max activity you get per month?  I was pretty good at algebra..but that activity equation was confusing me...lol.   I was stuck at newbie for awhile...when I had over 200 posts I think, it has just updated to jr. member today I think.   I didn't really care about the title, but I was having trouble posting sometimes which stunk...

28 is the maximum you can have a month yes post count has no effect what so ever.

got it .   So I have 28 + 14 (for half the month), so I am at 42....easy peasy... thanks!

[chaolang]

EDIT : It changed after

[mfpowernl]

I rememberd that i was first member and now iam back junior member is that possible?

[hilariousandco]

I rememberd that i was first member and now iam back junior member is that possible?

The membergroups changed when the newbie restrictions were lifted.

[rohnearner]

My activity is 28 for over a week now even that i had like 100 post or it feels like that. any ideas?

It updates every 2 weeks Read more, that question has been asked a 100000000000000000000000000000000 times.

LOL don't you think thats a lot of zeros.. even more then 1bitcoin have :p haha
And I'm New to this forum but I hope there is some room for good sense of humor  too all so serious here..

[rohnearner]

What are the time limits on posting and the levels??
I know 360 seconds are for new people like me, but was wondering if there was break down somewhere on this.

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Its really irritating when you are indulged in some interesting topic and you have to wait for 360 secs mean while the whole conversation turns upside down..! haha .. anyways i can understand it because there are so many members out there to exploit the system..

[Sonny]

I rememberd that i was first member and now iam back junior member is that possible?

You can find the answer to your question in this thread lol.
Just click to page 1, and read the OP.

[nimda]

What are the time limits on posting and the levels??
I know 360 seconds are for new people like me, but was wondering if there was break down somewhere on this.

Code:

waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
        waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
        waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
        waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);

Its really irritating when you are indulged in some interesting topic and you have to wait for 360 secs mean while the whole conversation turns upside down..! haha .. anyways i can understand it because there are so many members out there to exploit the system..

It's a forum, not an IRC room. 6 minutes being too long to wait is indicative of a problem.

[MsCollec]

I never knew there's cap on activity, I was getting 14 every 2 weeks 

[keithers]

I never knew there's cap on activity, I was getting 14 every 2 weeks 

lol you got 140 activity points it might have changed few times in between.

I'm not sure when my activity goes up.   Theymos thought that maybe I didn't post in a 14 day period, but I'm pretty sure i posted at least 2-3 times per day.   I have seen a bunch of people that have less posts, and have been registered shorter than me, with higher activity, so it is kind of confusing

[Jcw188]

I'm sorry but I don't understand the comma in this equation:

activity = min(time * 14, posts)

How do the number of posts count toward figuring the activity of a member? 

[cp1]

activity is the smaller of the two following numbers:  time * 14 and the number of posts that you have made.

[guybrushthreepwood]

I never knew there's cap on activity, I was getting 14 every 2 weeks 

lol you got 140 activity points it might have changed few times in between.

I'm not sure when my activity goes up.   Theymos thought that maybe I didn't post in a 14 day period, but I'm pretty sure i posted at least 2-3 times per day.   I have seen a bunch of people that have less posts, and have been registered shorter than me, with higher activity, so it is kind of confusing

I noticed mine changed a couple of days ago. So either 4th or 5th was the start of the new period I think.

[Aruut]

Dang, and here I was relying on the amount of time I'd spent lurking to drive up my activity