That's new, what you mean by that? I don't know about any restrictions on newbies to post on Reputation threads. You and everyone else should have the right to post everywhere except for the
Ivory Tower Do you get any errors or no reply button?
He meant restrictions in @Timelord2067 topic and not Reputation board itself, as I pointed him to share his findings there. This is what its stated there
No "Newbie" or, "Junior Member" can post an investigation in this thread. They can however post a link (once) to a thread in the reputation section where their investigations can be investigated and analised.
Honestly, I never noticed that rule before he mentioned it yesterday.