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Old 09-06-08, 03:08 PM
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What's the reason for the 5post rule?

I was a member to this forum a few years ago, and haven't logged in for a while. Now my username/password is gone, and I need to post at least 5 times before I can post to other forums. Whats up with that? It just forces ppl to post nonsense BS!!! (just like this post)
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Old 09-06-08, 04:23 PM
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It technically forces people to search more, and post less. Alot of the veteran members were requesting this to happen for years. This is also keeping the forum about 99.9% spam free now.

Oh, and posts only count in the Technical Sections, Regional Sections, and certain parts of the Classifeds. Post count does not count in any of the General sections.
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Old 09-06-08, 06:51 PM
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What is your previous user name?



Originally Posted by chinning
I was a member to this forum a few years ago, and haven't logged in for a while. Now my username/password is gone, and I need to post at least 5 times before I can post to other forums. Whats up with that? It just forces ppl to post nonsense BS!!! (just like this post)
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Old 09-06-08, 11:49 PM
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My previous username was fd3s_tt.
Also if this rule is to make people search more, and post less, it defeats the purpose......
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Old 09-07-08, 02:00 AM
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Sorry that it does not meet your approval but it is designed for the benefit of the majority, not the one.

We don't delete names by the way. There is no record of that name which means perhaps you are not remembering it correctly. Could it be a variation of that name and when you were a previous member, were you also in Ohio?




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My previous username was fd3s_tt.
Also if this rule is to make people search more, and post less, it defeats the purpose......
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Old 09-07-08, 10:08 AM
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That's cool - I understand the reasoning behind it.

I have so many usernames and passwords on various sites, it's hard to remember. It may be some variation of my first/last name.

Also, I have been in Ohio since I created my initial account.
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Old 09-20-08, 09:53 PM
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I say we knock his post count to one again because of failing neuron ability...

Welcome back! I think!



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Haha. Yeah, this all caught me offguard too. Ive been on rx8club.com for a while, didnt remember it on there, but no worries. I totally agree, newbs need to search more!
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I need help in posting to have access to the other forums . . .
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