This community seems distrustful of, uhm, aliens. It can be seen the forum's statistics: there are two distinct groups of users, those who come here for quite short time and never come back, and everyone else. The latter eventually become hero and legendary users, and the former remain foreigners forever.
Is there any way for newbies to build reputation besides spending months to become a regular? Maybe some kind of a guarantee given by an already reputable user?
Someone finally have the courage to make this post, something that usually happen to all newbies... the confusion and the feeling of being overwhelmed by the forum. I will simply tell you that you are not alone,
We've all been newbies on this forum at some point. Why has it suddenly become a problem and there is drama because the newbie can't quickly raise their rank and reputation? Should we change the rules made 15 years ago, because the gentle souls of newcomers do not have a few months of patience?
Even if it were considered in some madness, it would be ideal for fraudsters. Starting a topic like this is proof that a Newbie doesn't understand the forum, and that's just another reason why reputation and rank build up over time.