wow. 50 posts a day. not bad.

The daily posting limit for probation accounts was temporarily removed since we're switching over to an invite system. Looks like have to turn it back on for a while longer.

since this is a topic of discussion, what do you guys think would be a workable post limit for probationary accounts?

ok. just a quick note on our current direction for new members.

we have rolled out invite codes for around 100k current members. If you've got an account registered before 2020, and you have logged in at least once in the last 2 months and your account is not banned/suspended, you would have an invite code in your Control Panel. This code is currently limited to 2 per member.

The invite code is currently needed to sign up for a new account, but this is while we iron out any bugs. Once everything is up and running, registrations will no longer require the invite code. The invite code will however be needed to get out of probation. Probation accounts will remain probation accounts with multiple limitations until a current member shares their invite code.

Too many dupe accounts, too many spam bots, advertising bots, paid post content accounts etc. Not even going to get started with the ever growing number of scammers just waiting to take advantage of unsuspecting members. And this was the issues when we closed/limited registrations almost 2 years ago.

Today we're at the dawn of AI. Before you know it, all of the above will be automated and indistinguishable to most anti-spam and anti-bot captcha challenges.

Selling your invite code is not illegal, but just remember that every code is tied back to the account which issued it. Once fully rolled out, you are essentially vouching for the person who you are bringing out of probation. Currently the person who invited is only visible to mods - but we might eventually open up the information to all members. This will not stop ALL the above issues, but it will make it much harder, while opening up the community for legitimate new members.