Time between registering and posting

I had my friend register for Zelaron, but he said he couldn't post for a while. I think that this would definitely deter new members from posting here...

Either he was making a mistake with his posts, or it's some kind of new feature implemented into vB3.5.

I can't remember having to wait to post my first post.

It's a spambot countermeasure

Perhaps we should require imput of a certain random string of letters and numbers, that way real people can post from the start but bots cannot. Something like you get when registering new mail. Not being able to post is probably a good reason to leave rather than stay. I know it would have bothered me.

The problem is that the spam problem it was implemented to detter involves real people. There's already an image check to filter out the bots. The delay is only half an hour, or no time, if they post in the introduction forum, though I didn't sticky that because we'd probably just have a lot of ads in the introduction forum...

The problem is that the spam problem it was implemented to detter involves real people. There's already an image check to filter out the bots. The delay is only half an hour, or no time, if they post in the introduction forum, though I didn't sticky that because we'd probably just have a lot of ads in the introduction forum...

Well, wouldn't it be better if the mods just filtered out most of the spam and we didn't deter the potential incomers?

For all we know, they're already doing that. I haven't seen ads for weeks.

I dont think we really need the 30 min thing. At most, the most a person will see that shit for is a few hours. Once they are in the trash can, only the other mods will see them int he new posts search, and even then it's not a big deal.

If we are to keep it, shorten it to 5-10 mins, and when the user registers inform them to take this time to read the many stickies and rules.