If I know I am going to be away from home for some time, but I will need to access Bitcointalk from public WIFIs or internet cafes to get in touch with my business acquaintances regularly, why couldn't I merit myself to get to Jr. Member, make a few posts, and get rid of the PM restrictions associated with newbie accounts?
You shouldn't do that, it's frowned upon big time. Even though most people won't hold it against you, you shouldn't give the remaining users an excuse to blame you either.
Buying the copper membership doesn't affect PM limits if I remember it correctly.
Copper Membership includes whitelisting, which solves your problem:
| Activity | Max recipients | Max recipients if whitelisted | Max PMs per hour | Max PMs per hour if whitelisted | Max PMs per day | Max PMs per day if whitelisted |
| 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 120 |
| 15 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 15 | 120 |
Or just vouch for your alt-account in
Remove Proxyban (evil fees), I'd say this qualifies as knowing yourself personally:
If an established member knows you personally, they can post your username in this topic for whitelisting.
- The second account would be clearly marked as an alt account.
- The sole purpose of that 1 merit is to remove PM restrictions.
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- Maybe I am unsuccessful in acquiring a merit or two in the "normal way" while posting with the alt account to get the needed activity points for Jr. Member.
Get someone else to Merit your alt, that's what happened to
Maggiordomo when Piggy didn't want to Merit his own alt-account to lift PM-restrictions.
I think Theymos might remove the pm restrictions on your newbie account if you sent him a message and asked too...
This is the first time I hear that he can do that? Are there are any documented cases where he has done that that you know about?
The
proxyban message says you'll be banned if you email for free whitelisting. I wouldn't bother theymos for this:
Do not ask me for free whitelisting.