Agreed. I am a newbie too, but if you don't respect forums for what they will provide back for legitimate use, then you probably shouldn't be using it. Plus the topic rules states this should not be meaningless posting.

"Due to an abundance of topics filled with low quality replies, we are banning all topics where the only reasonable reply is insubstantial content. This was already the rule:

1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
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3. No pointless or uninteresting threads."


Also, I wonder what number 2 was