Yes, there might be tons of users that keeps attempting scam related activities or posting malicious links or files through other file-hosting platforms, but that doesn't mean that we must justify the Newbies in general the same as we judge those that do awful things to other users. I've seen a lot of users that really are interested in learning about crypto yet having another standard/barrier to their capability to contribute in this forum. If we really wanted to help stopping such scam activities/attempts, reporting them and tagging them is I guess a better way than having another set of rules and restrictions on the general Newbie rank.
So much this.
I'm a "Newbie", because my old account was part of the password breach and since I've been out of the crypto space for so long I never bothered to get it turned back on. After being a "Newbie" for about a day, I now have an email in to the provided address when I try to log in, but have yet to hear a response.
I absolutely believe that it's important to impose limits on new members to prevent the spread of spam and malicious links, but as someone who is experiencing it right now, the system could use some improvement. For example, I have a post in the market place that is generating a lot of PMs, but I can only send one PM an hour... and a maximum of two PMs per day. This is a ridiculous system, and if I was actually someone new to crypto and trying to learn and become part of this community, I would be quickly discouraged.
Even the
"Copper" paid membership doesn't help here, as it really only allows "Newbie" users to post images. Ideally the system would account for incoming PMs and allow the "Newbie" to respond via PM (on a 1:1 basis) without hitting impossible limits.