PM Requirement

[Hippoman]

Is the requirement for noobs to be able to PM people 10 posts (creating a thread like this) or 10 comments (aka replies)? Sorry if I am confusing stuff, I am a noob to GBATemp and don't use non-Reddit forums. Thanks!

 

[zoogie]

If noobs were required to make 10 threads I think I would die.

 

[Hippoman]

ya yeet now i can pm an admin

 

[Chary]

Long story short when I registered I said I was 38 but I'm a lot younger than 38. I need to PM an Admin to fix my b-day.

PM me what date you want set and I can fix it btw.

I think intros don't count towards posts because, well, there's a lot of casual talk here that's sort of offtopic, like the EOF.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

PM me what date you want set and I can fix it btw.

I think intros don't count towards posts because, well, there's a lot of casual talk here that's sort of offtopic, like the EOF.

I dunno why casual talk shouldn't count, I guess, so long as it's not malicious

 

[daxtsu]

If I had to guess why posts in here don't count, it's possibly spam bots. They could build up their 10 posts quickly and begin PMing people and spamming links everywhere else. I'm not sure how contained/restricted new member accounts are though, and won't find out (since alt accounts aren't permitted).

 

[TotalInsanity4]

If I had to guess why posts in here don't count, it's possibly spam bots. They could build up their 10 posts quickly and begin PMing people and spamming links everywhere else. I'm not sure how contained/restricted new member accounts are though, and won't find out (since alt accounts aren't permitted).

There's virtually no restrictions, you can post anywhere except the trading forum

 

[Seriel]

@Costello is there a good reason that introduction posts don't count towards the post counter? I'd think that would be a good and non-spammy way to get used to the forum and build up towards PM capability

I'm not an expert on how things work here (So believe a Staff member over me, I'm just guessing), but we didnt have them count on a forum I used to moderate because people would just go through all new introduction threads and post "Welcome! " with tiny variations in each one and rack up the posts.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

I'm not an expert on how things work here (So believe a Staff member over me, I'm just guessing), but we didnt have them count on a forum I used to moderate because people would just go through all new introduction threads and post "Welcome! " with tiny variations in each one and rack up the posts.

Well that would count as spam and could be moderated as such, at least from how I see it

 

[DinohScene]

The 10 post count requirement was put in to prevent spambots and angsty banned meme kiddos from ruining this place.
This happened after an incident with a certain member who repeatedly abused site functions and harassed a developer before getting banned and going on a rampage against the site.

As suggested by a lot here, just participate with on going discussions.
10 posts is something you'll get really quickly!

 

[zoogie]

The 10 post count requirement was put in to prevent spambots and angsty banned meme kiddos from ruining this place.
This happened after an incident with a certain member who repeatedly abused site functions and harassed a developer before getting banned and going on a rampage against the site.

As suggested by a lot here, just participate with on going discussions.
10 posts is something you'll get really quickly!

I'm gonna like this post just for the irony.

 

[VinsCool]

The 10 post count requirement was put in to prevent spambots and angsty banned meme kiddos from ruining this place.
This happened after an incident with a certain member who repeatedly abused site functions and harassed a developer before getting banned and going on a rampage against the site.

As suggested by a lot here, just participate with on going discussions.
10 posts is something you'll get really quickly!

There were many like that.
Ironically they will then spread stuff like "GBAtemp is the most cancerous community", riiiiiight, probably because you were the cause of it