Dislike the Newbie restriction

[jdubba]

As someone else still in new member status, I can say that as annoying as it might seem, the quality of the information and posts on here seem to make it worth it. Easy to find good information on pretty much any topic you want without wading through piles of garbage posts. If this weeds out the spammers then I'm all for it. I'll get to work my way in to other areas soon enough, and when I get there, no spam.

 

[Myrany]

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there is no waiting for approval, the server will reset your status about an hour after the 5th.

wait till the chinese ecig co's attack the new members area and youll understand

Fair warning when I was new mine didn't exactly reset after the hour. I had to log out of the forum and log back in before it registered.

so 5 posts
wait 1 hour
log out and log back in

 

[wandawag]

welcome to ecf and our forum. you will soon be rocking the joint. stick around and a couple of newbys and yourcount will be done. we are a group of very helpful people, so any questions, just ask.

 

[Wizzlefits]

Ya made it 5 posts!
Let the information overload begin!!! LOL!

I LOVE spammers! They're tasty with a little cream cheese.
I have several spam traps that report around 50K a day to several anti-spam databases. Mods might want to check out stopforumspam.com.

 

[Dusty_D]

Fair warning when I was new mine didn't exactly reset after the hour. I had to log out of the forum and log back in before it registered.

so 5 posts
wait 1 hour
log out and log back in

We say an hour, but in actual fact the server refresh happens 25 minutes past the hour. So, the next refresh will be at 12:25a.m EST, and then at 1:25a.m EST and so on and so forth. So, if you are one of those lucky ones who make their 5th post just before the forum refreshes, there's no real waiting period at all.

Why your account would not have refreshed itself, I'm not sure. Were you on a mobile device, or a computer when it happened?

 

[vornado]

This 5 post minimum does seem a bit irritating, I've been registered here for a few days just looking around and only when I found something I wanted to reply to did I see that this requirement existed :/

But with the size and potential commercial exploitation of this forum I do understand it...

 

[Thrasher]

its easy though..

I was thinking of trying one of those do you like it?

welcome to the forum enjoy your stay

anyone have a ?.......

etc etc

how someone cant get 5 posts in less then a 1/2 hour i dont understand. i lurked forever untill i saw something i wanted to reply to, came in said hello, asked a couple questions, made a few comments and done.

Around ECF you dont have to only be the one with the answer to be part of the community as a whole, chat, be friendly, what gets you is when you finally hit the point where you CANT post here anymore, then your like, wow im forced to move up lol

 

[vornado]

Yeah, I'll get past the 5 post limit quickly, I just really like lurking and only replying when absolutely necessary
But participating in the conversations and spreading knowledge is helpful to everyone so I might as well (even if forced to, haha)

 

[Myrany]

We say an hour, but in actual fact the server refresh happens 25 minutes past the hour. So, the next refresh will be at 12:25a.m EST, and then at 1:25a.m EST and so on and so forth. So, if you are one of those lucky ones who make their 5th post just before the forum refreshes, there's no real waiting period at all.

Why your account would not have refreshed itself, I'm not sure. Were you on a mobile device, or a computer when it happened?

Home computer on a wired net connection

 

[Xmunk]

Understand why myself but im more of a lurker on forums with the occasional post. I've been coming here for 6 months and this is post 2 lol

 

[Blkhwkdr]

I am also in New Member status. I belong to two other forums, non-vape related. They both have the same restrictions for new members that E-Cigarette does. I like that it has structure. For me, it makes for a better forum experience. Oh, and post #4.

 

[discusfan]

Glad there is a thread so we can hit 5 and move on!

 

[Thunderball]

Glad there is a thread so we can hit 5 and move on!

This is my second post...The rules are for a reason....as an old gaming moderator I understand completely.

 

[shad0wxb0i]

I totally agree! We need these rules so we don't get those annoying spammers

 

[Caridwen]

ahh hell youll get used to jumping through the hoops. problably wont take long to get spanked by a moderator and then youll be just like the rest of us. you can have an opinion but dont voice it, might piss of an old army fart

99.9% of people don't have an issue, never get 'spanked'. But if you feel the rules are too restricting, there are tons of forums out there. Find one you like.

 

[fairythere]

I'm trying to break 20 so I can check out the classified section..

I'm working on that myself! ;-)

 

[dru21281]

1st post! Although I also do not like the restriction for newbies, I do see its purpose... I have been looking through this forum for a while now and it seems like a great community!

 

[ilovehugehits]

Vapers Forum is much more techie than ECF.
There's a dedicated onsite chatroom.
Suppliers do free samples and giveaways, not just contests and such.
But it's like the wild west on there. Anything goes. Profanity, Drug talk etc. I like getting free juice from cutting edge suppliers. But if I want to actually learn something. I stick to ECF. I think that's another reason for the 6 post rule. It forces new members to actually read quality threads, written by vapers who have been there. It's also a great opportunity, to check out reviews & the suppliers forum.

 

[mare ze dotes]

Easy peasy...Just say hello to another new member. Or tell me that I am beautiful and you want to marry me! Along with the wedding cake we will pick out a ejuice.

 

[Argusi]

This will make post #17, but I'm still hanging around in here. Being new, the questions and discussions that come up are interesting and informative to me, so I still check in here first anyways. This subforum forces participation and helps break the ice, so it's nice and active. I see responses from seasoned members constantly, so it's not like the only people in here are new, which is great. It's a good hang out!