Recently we have been getting hit by Human Lurkers not showing there appreciation to the site. Our previous laidback approach to signatures and posting of links was being abused by people just wanting to Lurk and drop there links and leave, of course this has caused all kinds of trouble for our staff who have had to moderate large amounts of posts that have only had the purpose to advertise. But not even in our advertising forum.
So we now have a system in place that requires you to have no less than 20 Posts in order to edit your signature , View attachments or post live links anywhere. Posting in the forum hello world will not count.
If you have reached the required postcount you may have to wait 15 minutes for the system to update you.
This is not here to be an inconvenience to you, It is here to protect legitimate users and our staff from mass amounts of spam posts while using the forums.
Here is a clear list of what permissions you get and at which postcount
New users 0-20 posts
Post replies and threads
Upload an avatar
Follow & Like
Edit user info
Basic Users 20-100 posts
Post replies and threads
Upload an avatar
Follow & Like
Edit user info
Showcase threads
Post links
Create Signatures
Download resources
Advanced Users
(To become an advanced user you need to have 100+ posts, been a member for 7 days and have had 5 likes from other members)
Post replies and threads
Upload an avatar
Follow & Like
Edit user info
Showcase threads
Post links
Create Signatures
*All links you post are DOFOLLOW*
User upgrades are automatic and are handled by the system, users are updated every 20 minutes via a cron job. If you can't post links or anything else after you reach the required postcount then please wait a few minutes for the system to upgrade you.
