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To prevent spam to the forums, ALL new users are not permitted to post outside links in their messages. After approximately eight posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thanks for understanding!

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The "error" you copied into your post, is pretty self explanatory. A new user cannot post links in their post until they have made approximately 8 to 10 posts.

Sounded pretty simple to me when I read it, they want people to actually have a level of participation in the forums before you're granted certain privileges, pretty reasonable to me.

I'm going through the "initiation"so don't mind me
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JimmyMcGee said:
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The "error" you copied into your post, is pretty self explanatory. A new user cannot post links in their post until they have made approximately 8 to 10 posts.
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Means I can not post to the section of I9000 or what...
I did not use any link in my post then what is it..
Could you please give me a detail..
Sorry if i am wrong or what...

cds0699 said:
Sounded pretty simple to me when I read it, they want people to actually have a level of participation in the forums before you're granted certain privileges, pretty reasonable to me.
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off-cause you are right my dear ...it is reasonable.
Thanks.

razeen said:
Means I can not post to the section of I9000 or what...
I did not use any link in my post then what is it..
Could you please give me a detail..
Sorry if i am wrong or what...
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I didn't get this question out of reading the first post. Obviously putting any links or even typing http:// in a post will block said post until your "participation" has been "proven"
This is a way to prevent Spam, but you should be able to post to most forums. IF you are trying to post to a Forum Marked "Development" then you will not be able to until you reach 10 posts. Those are the rules.

JimmyMcGee said:
I didn't get this question out of reading the first post. Obviously putting any links or even typing http:// in a post will block said post until your "participation" has been "proven"
This is a way to prevent Spam, but you should be able to post to most forums. IF you are trying to post to a Forum Marked "Development" then you will not be able to until you reach 10 posts. Those are the rules.
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Ok fine..Now I understand....
So can I post this section...http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=657
I did not use any http:// ...I have a few question about i9000.
I registered in this site because of my phone with damaged camera..SO could you pleases tell me may I post or not.
Thanks.

I will try to post again..if I failed then I will post to you with screen shot.
Thanks.

Now I can post...thanks for helping me..
Here is the link...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14004892#post14004892

I always go for FAQ and read more and more after that only I will post the section... Sorry if any thing wrong.

XDA should increase the post limit to 50 to have other access to threads since it would make it more of serious matter to becoming a more true member of the forums.

shopcity said:
XDA should increase the post limit to 50 to have other access to threads since it would make it more of serious matter to becoming a more true member of the forums.
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Why ?
With above sentence, I cannot understand your agendum clearly.

shopcity said:
XDA should increase the post limit to 50 to have other access to threads since it would make it more of serious matter to becoming a more true member of the forums.
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WHY????
Kidding me or what.

"To prevent spam to the forums, ALL new users are not permitted to post outside links in their messages. After approximately eight posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thanks for understanding!"
If i have to wright first 10 post for geting the acces to wright in this post what i like to wright in is this then not spaming?
sorry but i have to get my 10 posts

Cant wait to get through the devs thread....

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Account verification

Hello,
I've been a registered user for a while now, but haven't tried to post until today. When I try to post a message containing a URL, I receive the following error:
"To prevent spam to the forums, new users are not permitted to post outside links in their messages. All new user accounts will be verified by moderators before this restriction is removed"
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Can one of the moderators please verify my account?
Thanks!
_avatar said:
Hello,
I've been a registered user for a while now, but haven't tried to post until today. When I try to post a message containing a URL, I receive the following error:
Can one of the moderators please verify my account?
Thanks!
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As far as I know, you will need a # of post (more than 5 I think) before you are allow to insert a link in any thread. I'm not a mod, but I read about this somewhere in this site : If I'm wrong, maybe a mod can correct me with this one
Have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636765 and here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=626993.
Yep, need something like 5 to 10 posts for links.
Hmm, ok, thanks. I just wanted to post a URL to my new project and gather some feedback, but I guess I'll have to lurk around longer and find some other stuff to comment on.
In the same boat as you.
But i guess its better than page on page with spam from bots
Yes, after a few posts the system and Moderators can see whether you are a genuine member or not.
In the meantime you can use links like this:
wwwdotxda-developers.com
You can always go back later and put in working links.
Mike
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Hmm, ok, thanks. I just wanted to post a URL to my new project and gather some feedback, but I guess I'll have to lurk around longer and find some other stuff to comment on.
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Had a look at your thread, posted comments, and the site; all seems in order.
As a courtesy, I have changed the links for you ... with an understanding that you will do your best to keep the thread active and help out members who post it in as best you can.
Cheers,
I cant write on nexus forum
I just wrote a "best contract deals" post for the HTC Desire, and discovered I can't post links yet ARG! So I have it saved in notepad until I've made a few more small comments like this to get enough posts to post links
Damn, I've got to wait 5 mins between posts too
Andaho said:
I just wrote a "best contract deals" post for the HTC Desire, and discovered I can't post links yet ARG! So I have it saved in notepad until I've made a few more small comments like this to get enough posts to post links
Damn, I've got to wait 5 mins between posts too
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Sorry about this. You'll just have to be patient at these are new rules to combat spammers
im having the same problem???
kys89012345 said:
im having the same problem???
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As stated earlier, this process has been setup to combat spammers. I believe once you have more than 8-10 posts, this restriction is removed
Fallen Spartan said:
Sorry about this. You'll just have to be patient at these are new rules to combat spammers
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What are the chances these rules can be adjusted so they aren't ridiculously frustrating? I can't post or edit my own posts without waiting 5 minutes, I can't post images or even quote images posted by other users. I've been viewing these boards everyday since I joined (about a week ago) and it's making the transition to participating VERY obnoxious
Johnd27 said:
What are the chances these rules can be adjusted so they aren't ridiculously frustrating? I can't post or edit my own posts without waiting 5 minutes, I can't post images or even quote images posted by other users. I've been viewing these boards everyday since I joined (about a week ago) and it's making the transition to participating VERY obnoxious
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Sorry about the issues, we all had to go through it at one point. Since XDA is such a large and popular site we have been a big target for spam, so to make sure the boards arent full of ads and spam we have to make the rules a little strict. its only for 10 or so posts.
Johnd27 said:
What are the chances these rules can be adjusted so they aren't ridiculously frustrating? I can't post or edit my own posts without waiting 5 minutes, I can't post images or even quote images posted by other users. I've been viewing these boards everyday since I joined (about a week ago) and it's making the transition to participating VERY obnoxious
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I believe you will now be out of the "initial" group, as you have 5 posts. Within the next 1 or 2 posts, it should be finished
I know that this is an old thread but I really want to post thanks to certain individuals or post in discussion forums but due to this restriction it means I'm having to spend a lot longer on the XDA site just to post what I wanted to. For instance even this post took me an extra 4 minutes...

[Q] New member posting

I have received a surprising number of PMs in response to my App thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973921] from newbies who say they are PMing because they are unable to reply to threads. One even said he couldn't post till he had 10 posts (how the heck could he get 10 posts if he can't post?). I thought newbies couldn't post links for a certain period or number of posts... but I have slept since then and the site has changed some.
What gives? I read the FAQ and all I found was that in most forums you have to be a registered member to reply or post new topics. Are these newbies just mistaken about the rules, if so is there some way to better explain the posting rules?
Pop45398 said:
I have received a surprising number of PMs in response to my App thread [http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973921] from newbies who say they are PMing because they are unable to reply to threads. One even said he couldn't post till he had 10 posts (how the heck could he get 10 posts if he can't post?). I thought newbies couldn't post links for a certain period or number of posts... but I have slept since then and the site has changed some.
What gives? I read the FAQ and all I found was that in most forums you have to be a registered member to reply or post new topics. Are these newbies just mistaken about the rules, if so is there some way to better explain the posting rules?
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We have an informative notice to users when they try to do this.
New users (<10 posts) can't post in development areas. What you could do, is make a "support" thread outwith development. The problem was that we were getting thousands of pointless posts from people in development areas, causing endless trouble in moving them and dealing with the flaming that continued...
Once they have 10 posts outwith development areas, they can post in dev forums within 1 hour of that time. A support thread outwith that section, with a prominant link in the first post might help, and it's the method I will be using myself.
P
Thanks, that certainly explains it... great suggestion.
pulser_g2 said:
We have an informative notice to users when they try to do this.
New users (<10 posts) can't post in development areas. What you could do, is make a "support" thread outwith development. The problem was that we were getting thousands of pointless posts from people in development areas, causing endless trouble in moving them and dealing with the flaming that continued...
Once they have 10 posts outwith development areas, they can post in dev forums within 1 hour of that time. A support thread outwith that section, with a prominant link in the first post might help, and it's the method I will be using myself.
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Thanks for the explantion, though it's really annoying, never mind counting this one XD.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14995900#post14995900
it's frustrated...
Thx, logical explanation
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Must follow the rules, thank you.
I have the same issue and found out about the 10 posts rule, yet something confused me, a "new member" (Labeled as Junior Member" was able to post in the development area for a Rom thread with only having >5 posts. I saw two posts of his in this thread and he only had total of 4 posts...I tried to post in the same thread and wasn't allowed to because i have fewer than 10 post...oh and his post is only a day or two old.. what gives??
noted ...sir
This stupid rule forces me too post in pointless threads for me. It's just too much hassle to post in threads you really don't care about just to be able to post in your desired development thread.
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SharkDog2 said:
This stupid rule forces me too post in pointless threads for me. It's just too much hassle to post in threads you really don't care about just to be able to post in your desired development thread.
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The recommended way is to post in Q&A instead of development, and I tried it. Obviously no one from the development thread is going to be informed of my post automagically, so I went on contacting the kernel dev, leading to the same situation as the OP, meaning an unwanted PM to a busy dev...
Yeah I don't want to keep bugging deva through pm. Only reason for me to post in other threads.
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I submitted a post misspelled something wanted to edit and It won't let me submit the edited post. Wtf?
tolymatev said:
I submitted a post misspelled something wanted to edit and It won't let me submit the edited post. Wtf?
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Ha that's weird, I could edit my first post to fix a broken link. Can you link to your immutable post?
SharkDog2 said:
Yeah I don't want to keep bugging deva through pm. Only reason for me to post in other threads.
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I perfectly agree with you, sir, and find the present thread particularly handy in that respect. Of course, I would never post anything just for the sake of reaching a post count of 10, but it appears that light conversation about the ins and outs and philosophy of the XDA rules does help towards that goal, isn't it wonderful?
And hooooo didn't I just discover another thoughtful anti-noob restriction ? It appears that, in order to increase my verbia... to increase the quality, grammar and punctuation of posts, and more importantly, to avoid easy mass spamming, XDA requires non-mod-approved users to wait a total of five minutes between two posts. Specifically, the following message appears:
To prevent spam to the forums, new users must wait five minutes between posts. All new user accounts will be verified by moderators before this restriction is removed.
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(HA, yes, I admit that I am just training to use the quote function here, and that the above snippet of text does not bring much to the conversation, but eh, isn't it a positive side effect of the anti-noob-spam rule, that I get to train proper formatting of posts?)
agravier said:
Ha that's weird, I could edit my first post to fix a broken link. Can you link to your immutable post?
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I'm using the xda app right now. Its not a big deal but its frustrating ...... and guess what guys this should be my 10th post. This f'ed up rule got me counting my posts lol.. I should get unleashed after this right?
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tolymatev said:
I'm using the xda app right now. Its not a big deal but its frustrating ...... and guess what guys this should be my 10th post. This f'ed up rule got me counting my posts lol.. I should get unleashed after this right?
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So it's a limitation of new posters when using the XDA app, probably.
Yes its a limitation....by the way this is my first post.... 1/10
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Congratulations on your first post, komusic.
I shall also note that the 5 minutes between posts limitation makes that a minimum of 50 minutes is necessary for anyone to reach the infamous tenposts milestone after which the golden doors of the dev forums posting will open under our ungrateful greasy little noobish fingers. Hence, this is also a test of patience. We shall consider ourselves monks, in fact. Apprentices.
So can anyone explain why a member with >10 posts can post in the development area? The posts are recent, just yesterday and the day before

[Q] Posting confusion ...

I'm a bit confused. I was wanting to post a response to this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150&page=233
... and the forum said that I couldn't post to it until I had posted 10 posts total.
However, the last person to post to this forum had only posted ONE post.
?????
Users who joined before the restriction were "grand fathered" in, allowing them to post with less than 10 posts.
Can I just mention that I think this is a silly restriction?
I've been developing code for almost 35 years, and to restrict me from posting to a developers forums until I post 10 posts in other forums is frankly ...
silly ... not to metion useless.
What's to prevent a 12-year old with TONS of time on his hands, to post 10 times in one day and circumvent your restriction.
Whereas, serious developers, like me, are interferred with and hampered.
Wow.
Tuleen Donai said:
Can I just mention that I think this is a silly restriction?
I've been developing code for almost 35 years, and to restrict me from posting to a developers forums until I post 10 posts in other forums is frankly ...
silly ... not to metion useless.
What's to prevent a 12-year old with TONS of time on his hands, to post 10 times in one day and circumvent your restriction.
Whereas, serious developers, like me, are interferred with and hampered.
Wow.
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My friend, this has been covered time and time (and time) again. If you've developed code for thirty-something years, you have the skills and the nouse to help ten members in the Q&A thread. Then you can post in a Dev forum.
Even Linus Torvalds' first post shouldn't be in a Development forum.
I was able to post before but now restricted to post... Now I am trying to meet the requirement.
Tuleen Donai said:
I'm a bit confused. I was wanting to post a response to this forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076150&page=233
... and the forum said that I couldn't post to it until I had posted 10 posts total.
However, the last person to post to this forum had only posted ONE post.
?????
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Try to check your email and click on the url sent to you by the admin, to complete your registration.
oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my....
Does nobody read anything anymore....
Pick any thread in this section and theres a very high chance that it will be another "whaa whaaa whaa I can't post yet" thread...
That is why the rule is there...
I know this isn't helpful and didn't answer your question but it really has been answered so many times theres no need to do so....
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
conantroutman said:
oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my....
Does nobody read anything anymore....
Pick any thread in this section and theres a very high chance that it will be another "whaa whaaa whaa I can't post yet" thread...
That is why the rule is there...
I know this isn't helpful and didn't answer your question but it really has been answered so many times theres no need to do so....
Sent From My Fingers To Your Face.....
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We're fighting a losing battle, bud.
really? 10 posts restriction for all newbies? i am very new
honeydroidbirds said:
really? 10 posts restriction for all newbies? i am very new
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Yes, for the development forums. Too many new members are posting pointless questions that have been asked 100's of times before and cluttering th threads, or just posting thanks. There are Q&A forums for questions you need to ask, and maybe answer a few to get your post count up.

[Q] Blocking PM usage to new members

Recently I've picked up on a trend where people are signing up to the site and then, without searching or reading the threads, they start to shoot off questions via PMs. Is there a way to ensure that new members do not have access to the PM function until they have a certain number of post of have been a member for a specific period of time (if you want to stop spam posting)?
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Recently I've picked up on a trend where people are signing up to the site and then, without searching or reading the threads, they start to shoot off questions via PMs. Is there a way to ensure that new members do not have access to the PM function until they have a certain number of post of have been a member for a specific period of time (if you want to stop spam posting)?
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I wish there were a way as well. I normally just have fun with them when I get a PM from someone who obviously didn't search or read. I've sent two users to lemon party dot com already.
So no reply from XDA?
If we extend the 10 post rule to PMs, that would probably increase the number of junk posts in other forums. The thinking is... "ok, I can't post in any development forum, and I can't PM anyone...I might as well inundate other sections with my question until I get a reply!"
...so, not sure it's the best solution.
How about the second suggestion then? They have to be a member for a certain period of time before the function is available to them?
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How about the second suggestion then? They have to be a member for a certain period of time before the function is available to them?
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I like tat this suggestion!! Set a Certain period of time.
But may I suggest, also implement 10 post. Of course with CAPTCHA implemented. (But implementing CAPTCHA, meant the WHOLE Global XDA posting will have CAPTCHA, will end up a GLOBAL Panic for DEV)
cajunflavoredbob said:
I wish there were a way as well. I normally just have fun with them when I get a PM from someone who obviously didn't search or read. I've sent two users to lemon party dot com already.
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LMAO!
I do know a pretty annoying Rickroll site that could be useful for this.
svetius said:
If we extend the 10 post rule to PMs, that would probably increase the number of junk posts in other forums. The thinking is... "ok, I can't post in any development forum, and I can't PM anyone...I might as well inundate other sections with my question until I get a reply!"
...so, not sure it's the best solution.
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I totally agree. The Q&A and General forums are getting inundated with "I can't post in the dev threads" questions. It's made matters worse. I think new users should be able to post in dev forums, but not create a thread their own in there.
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LMAO!
I do know a pretty annoying Rickroll site that could be useful for this.
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Do tell
johncmolyneux said:
I totally agree. The Q&A and General forums are getting inundated with "I can't post in the dev threads" questions. It's made matters worse. I think new users should be able to post in dev forums, but not create a thread their own in there.
Do tell
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This one is a bit annoying

New user issues

I can understand the ten post rule to both assure the integrity of your forum and allow genuinely useful threads to grow without meaningless and unrelated questions posted. That is perfectly acceptable.
My issue is that I can't even respond to a thread I've started myself, which a solution was provided, but doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27978835#post27978835
When I attempt to post a reply to follow up, I get blocked by the site's ten post rule. Can this be relaxed at least a little? Surely I should be able to respond to my own threads.
kilowattcommando said:
I can understand the ten post rule to both assure the integrity of your forum and allow genuinely useful threads to grow without meaningless and unrelated questions posted. That is perfectly acceptable.
My issue is that I can't even respond to a thread I've started myself, which a solution was provided, but doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27978835#post27978835
When I attempt to post a reply to follow up, I get blocked by the site's ten post rule. Can this be relaxed at least a little? Surely I should be able to respond to my own threads.
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The 10 post rule should be a 100 post rule IMHO we get a endless flood of ridiculous posts without users first searching. They also post questions and other such offtopic crap in dev areas.
But to answer your question, the 10 post rule is supposed to be for dev areas not general so it looks like there is an error.
kilowattcommando said:
I can understand the ten post rule to both assure the integrity of your forum and allow genuinely useful threads to grow without meaningless and unrelated questions posted. That is perfectly acceptable.
My issue is that I can't even respond to a thread I've started myself, which a solution was provided, but doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27978835#post27978835
When I attempt to post a reply to follow up, I get blocked by the site's ten post rule. Can this be relaxed at least a little? Surely I should be able to respond to my own threads.
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Your thread is in the device General subforum so you should be able to reply. Give this thread a bit, one of the mods will notice it as they hang out here a fair amount and they can look into it.
what the hell (and so on)
hi xda-developers,
i'm Mobile Device Specialist, Linux Professional and Microsoft Certified Engineer and i'm new to this forum .. and i can't post some stuff to Developers Forums? i know there are many "noobs" as well cause i cannot understand why this is restricted.
Some Peoples without technical knowledge can post some **** without having any glou about it.
Whats going on?
fine77
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I like your noob video
fine77 said:
hi xda-developers,
i'm Mobile Device Specialist, Linux Professional and Microsoft Certified Engineer and i'm new to this forum .. and i can't post some stuff to Developers Forums? i know there are many "noobs" as well cause i cannot understand why this is restricted.
Some Peoples without technical knowledge can post some **** without having any glou about it.
Whats going on?
fine77
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I like your noob video
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You need 10 posts for the dev forums, sorry. The alternative is every forum filled with spam. Getting to 10 good posts really isn't difficult.
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fine77 said:
hi xda-developers,
i'm Mobile Device Specialist, Linux Professional and Microsoft Certified Engineer and i'm new to this forum .. and i can't post some stuff to Developers Forums? i know there are many "noobs" as well cause i cannot understand why this is restricted.
Some Peoples without technical knowledge can post some **** without having any glou about it.
Whats going on?
fine77
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I like your noob video
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If you truly know your stuff, getting to 10 helpful posts should in theory be a piece of cake. It's true that 10 posts doesn't make you a dev but it certainly helps stop spam in the most important forums
kilowattcommando said:
I can understand the ten post rule to both assure the integrity of your forum and allow genuinely useful threads to grow without meaningless and unrelated questions posted. That is perfectly acceptable.
My issue is that I can't even respond to a thread I've started myself, which a solution was provided, but doesn't work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27978835#post27978835
When I attempt to post a reply to follow up, I get blocked by the site's ten post rule. Can this be relaxed at least a little? Surely I should be able to respond to my own threads.
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You should be able to reply to it.
If you agree, please pm me, and I will reset your password to try this out and see what's going wrong.
Likely your account got stuck, or there's a permissions error we need to sort.
If that's ok, drop me a pm. I'll send you a new password to your registered e-mail once done

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