This will not change things for the better... Not all newbies are spamers. And they can spam now as they did before.
How will a newbie create an announcement post, a serious one, without pictures in it???
Oh, I think it will. And even if it doesn't, the screams of agony are sweet music to my ears. Having said that, Theymos wants merit sources to be liberal handing out merits to newbies, so I don't think this problem is going to be as bad as everyone thinks. For some it definitely IS going to be hell, but what do you expect? Most new accounts don't contribute anything worthwhile, and that's a solid fact.
As far as the pictures go, buying a copper membership would solve that problem. Theymos wrote about that in the OP.
I am very sad for demote newbie.
Well step it up, then. With all the posts you've made, there's no excuse not to have earned at least 1 merit. That's the whole point of the change.
Thanks for your opinion to me. I will try to good relative comment through to forum.