I sort of understand the posting restrictions, but it seems somewhat ridiculous at the same time. I'm not the type of person that will just post something until I've done some pretty extensive research first. I will spend a lot of time reading other posts and gathering the information I need without ever posting anything. Honestly, I rarely even register with forums. But this one is a bit different because the community aspect can be a real advantage when using bitcoin. I must have spent at least 5 hours or more on this forum before even creating an account. And then I constantly forget to log in so my time will be logged.
I don't know, it just seems like I'm wasting my time, and other peoples, writing and reading posts simply to have access to other areas.
Hi Dysperium, most welcome to the interesting bitcoin forum! I understand that you're not the ordinary spammer type, there are plenty of those, and that's the reason why there's newbe restrictions. Just be sure to be logged in and do some posts, and you will soon be out of newbe land.
There was a very big problem on the forum for a while where all sorts of derelicts and scum came onto the main forums and spewed all kinds of nefarious and vomitting stuff, so these are measures put in place to prevent that from happening again.
So while there are a few people like you, there are many that needs to be held in their ears to behave, so the rules are general, and not for anyone in particular.
Hope to see you later in the main forums, and welcome again!