I know several personal examples of people who I invited to join bitcointalk forum and they couldn't registered because they got evil fee notification and asked to pay with Bitcoin.
Keep in mind that they never before heard about bitcointalk forum, they never registered in this forum, and they don't own any Bitcoin for paying this evil fee :/
I even tested and confirmed this myself from different location, using different device, maybe because some networks are using shared IP addresses.
In the process of punishing spammers and banned users we are also punishing innocent newbies and that is a fact.
I can also confirm that the same thing happened to two of my friends, who were interested in crypto and I wanted to help them register on this forum and get involved in the crypto community.
My friends had no knowledge of crypto, they didn’t even have crypto funds to pay the evil fee, and they didn’t even know how to open a crypto wallet and send crypto funds.
Shouldn't this forum be a friendly place for new and inexperienced members, where they will gain the first information about the crypto world and get the necessary support and help?
I don't know, maybe I'm naive and I don't understand some things, but somehow I feel that something is wrong here and that it needs to be corrected.