First reply today

i doubt it.

if they see the boards are fun, they're going to want to wait it out just so they can be legends like others.

i wouldn't be turned off a great forum just b/c i couldn't post wh0re the day i got there. again, real posters don't normally go post wh0ring the day they get here. they're too busy trying to get used to everything.

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that is what lurking is for. at some point they may want to start posting a lot. Like if there is a thread that they want to have lots of debate with someone, they cant b/c they only get 5 posts per day. Not everyone who posts as a rookie just created the account that very day.

point really is:

doesn't really matter b/c this is how it is now.

the point is...how does this make things better?

create an account, post some stuff and hit the limit. create another account..post some stuff and hit the limit...etc. you can create accounts as many times as you want and still post the same amount. This really is punishing the people who actually care about having one username, but didn't join texags before this.

Speaking from experience, creating a new account on this site is not a trivial task.

Will the limitation be imposed on only the username or the email address associated with it?

Brandon,

I am not trying to be rude. A simple yes or no answer to my email will sufice.

that is a good question...

How about not allowing posters under a certatin level to post images? May reduce the amount of porn posted by rookies. They can always link an image via the url.

Man, I only have 4 posts left today, and I think I just wasted this one.....

I bent my wookie.

You can only have one user name per email address.

what happens if a rookie double posts?

nm. I don't really care.

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Hook`Em96
posted 12:29p, 04/21/04

Speaking from experience, creating a new account on this site is not a trivial task.

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LOL! I think only Ty Webb has you beat.

BTW: Thanks staff for taking my concern seriously. I do agree that more people need to do more reading a less posting, especially in their early stages.

nevermind...you are right hookem

[This message has been edited by redline248 (edited 4/21/2004 12:41p).]

I did not read the whole thread, but why doesn't the staff have a more active role and just delete multiple accounts coming from the same IP, it is not hard, pretty much every forum software out there has this feature build in.


dam

B/c if your on a DHCP network, and have a dynamic IP address, all you have to do is turn off your PC, and a new one will be assigned to you when you turn it back on.

Damnit I'm NOT a nerd people!

That outta stop the post padders.

unfortunately a lot of places have many email addresses under one IP, so banning an IP might ban a blanket number of people. For example, if I am at an A&M IP and some other punk is, and gets banned, I might be banned as well. IPs work fine for home accounts but those whose addresses are coming from schools/organizations pose a different problem.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this seems to be the unfortunate barrier to banning IPs.

Brandon - Can you please help me with getting my Ag Tag switched over to this name? I emailed you back in November.

Ok, then only allow email addresses from valid domains. no yahoo, hotmail, etc etc. Surely there are solutions, forums.anandtech.com has over 100K members and there are over 1000 people on that site at all times and they dont have these problems.

BRANDON - THANKS A BUNCH!! You rock!

I didn't think they allowed email addresses from yahoo and hotmail.

Yahoo and Hotmail are not allowed for registration.

Some of you appear to be bigger rookies than others.

nm I didn't use my hotmail acct . . .

[This message has been edited by ATMGal03 (edited 4/21/2004 12:58p).]

DAM,
I think allot of the problems on this board have to do with personal issues that go on in real life but carry over to this board.

I makes me sad becuase we are all aggies yet everybody seems to be at each others throats and conntent to try to hurt and ruin one another.

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we are all aggies

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It's just one factually incorrect post after another.

you can always go back to grad school or something to correct that mistake...hookem.

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It's just one factually incorrect post after another.

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Which brings to mind another needed limitation

Good stuff.

What about editing?
Can a rookie have unlimited editing?!!!

i'm not sure that will really be a big deal. sure they can re-post stuff or continue arguing w/the person they hate or whatnot by editing, but they can't post on numerous threads nor would people care to keep hitting refresh to see what they posted. this is here to stop folks from posting inappropriate things, so narrowing their abilities down slows them down until staff can delete/ban them.

they're just trying to have a better control over some of the bad things that have happened in the past year or several months. ...not make this board unbreakable/god of boards.

Typical "Watch Ole" thread.