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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: vman on January 20, 2013, 11:08 pm

Title: Sigh
Post by: vman on January 20, 2013, 11:08 pm
I'm a very early member, and in the past I've helped out the site by vending(just small amounts in the very very early days) and spotting and reporting security bugs to DPR (before he was called DPR).

I don't spam on the forum because I only post when I feel I have something to say. Apparently that means I can't post anymore. So now I need to un-newbie myself, so that in future when I do have something important to say, I will be able to.
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: vman on January 20, 2013, 11:09 pm
how many posts to un-newbie yourself?
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Post by: MagikMattress on January 20, 2013, 11:10 pm
50 posts
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Post by: vman on January 20, 2013, 11:12 pm
Wow. That is a lot.
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Post by: PathSeeker on January 20, 2013, 11:16 pm
I'm a very early member, and in the past I've helped out the site by vending(just small amounts in the very very early days) and spotting and reporting security bugs to DPR (before he was called DPR).

I don't spam on the forum because I only post when I feel I have something to say. Apparently that means I can't post anymore. So now I need to un-newbie myself, so that in future when I do have something important to say, I will be able to.

lot of that going around.
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: vman on January 20, 2013, 11:19 pm
Yeah this sucks and now I feel like a dick because i need to spam in this forum
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Post by: azuma on January 20, 2013, 11:21 pm
i get the need for this but there had to be a better way
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Post by: ontheregs on January 20, 2013, 11:34 pm
Not many options here, 50 posts is a pretty decent number if you ask me.

It isn't too hard to attain, and you have to want to. So when an account gets "banned" they have to start for 50 posts all over, helps cull the waste.

I don't mind, I won't hit 50 very soon and I am even ok with that.

Lets work on keeping the main forums clean and getting some way to rid them of spammy trash that has been happening the past few months (the btc spam among others, idiots with names like dprs mom).
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: PathSeeker on January 20, 2013, 11:37 pm
I guess it's good for noobs cuz it means the forum isn't just a big noob circle jerk with no experienced users in here.  But it seems that it's still just a big noob clusterfuck.  There seems to be good conversations in obscure places but they pop up in the middle of these trying-to-get-50 spam orgies.  It'd be cool if all the pointless stuff could stick to a couple threads, then this section might be a little more productive.  Aren't we supposed to be learning how to choose the right threads to post in and learning to use the search tool for finding spam threads to spam?  Seems like 80% of the posts in here are for spamming to 50.  I guess if I was a pseudonoob I'd be trying to just pump out as many quick posts as possible to get the fuck out of here and back to business...
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: Jediknight on January 20, 2013, 11:57 pm
Trying for 50. It's like a game now.   Getting faster.   Bandwidth here we come.
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Post by: headhunted on January 21, 2013, 12:03 am
It does really suck that you pretty much need to spam to be able to post in the real forums,
though I think I completely agree with this, you have to really want to participate in the forums to participate in the forums.

I just hope that non-newbies go over the newbie thread occasionally, it seems a little dumb to have newbie questions answered by other newbies.
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: ElBastardo on January 21, 2013, 12:44 am
It does really suck that you pretty much need to spam to be able to post in the real forums,
though I think I completely agree with this, you have to really want to participate in the forums to participate in the forums.

I just hope that non-newbies go over the newbie thread occasionally, it seems a little dumb to have newbie questions answered by other newbies.

You're right, but I think it may take a time before the seniors are coming  back to look again in this subforum, cause for now it seems to me it's really just a spam forum. But for all those looking for an answer to any question there still is the search function.

Hail the search function
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: awhiteknight on January 21, 2013, 12:58 am
Please don't spam to get your post count up. Just post in here when you feel the need to, and if you never reach 50 posts and contribute toward the rest of the site then so be it, let the place deteriorate.
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: Zich on January 21, 2013, 01:39 am
join the club; this doesnt feel like an effective solution
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Post by: drugpanda on January 21, 2013, 01:53 am
banana
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Post by: suavee on January 21, 2013, 02:11 am
Sigh
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Post by: Sapper on January 21, 2013, 03:08 am
I just hope that non-newbies go over the newbie thread occasionally, it seems a little dumb to have newbie questions answered by other newbies.
I'm 44 and have participated in vast numbers of scientific, drug related and factual forums. I'm no noob and I love to give qualified answers.
The 50 post exercise seems a little steep for some but this is about gaining trust.
Posts containing nothing worth reading shouldn't count either!
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: Strickland Cocaine on January 21, 2013, 03:42 am
Yea. This is slightly frustrating. I've been a long time customer, but just started vending. The vendor profile doesn't have many posts yet and I'm stuck in the n00b zone. I was able to get some info out before the shift. As frustrating as the whole n00b corral may be to some of us, it will force new members to become more active in the community. It could be Silk Road orientation class.

Repeat after me if thou shall so choose:

I hereby make a vow to periodically keep checking back in on the n00b section to help new members with their questions even when I am a JR member and beyond!

Also, obligatory spam...

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Introductory Prices. No FE. Free ship.
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: PathSeeker on January 22, 2013, 11:00 pm
I would.

I hereby make a vow to periodically keep checking back in on the n00b section to help new members with their questions even when I am a JR member and beyond!
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: nomad bloodbath on January 22, 2013, 11:04 pm
Please don't spam to get your post count up. Just post in here when you feel the need to, and if you never reach 50 posts and contribute toward the rest of the site then so be it, let the place deteriorate.
Please stop wasting time trying to reach 50 posts to ask questions you can ask questions with post 1 in this open discussion section for newbs which allows all topic of questions.

X)
nomad
Title: Re: Sigh
Post by: futura on January 23, 2013, 02:02 am
Siggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh...22 down 28 to go
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Post by: Banjo Lips on April 05, 2013, 03:09 am
banana

juice