Am I missing something? I'm only able to edit posts in the political forum. The forum is open again if I'm not mistaken right? I'm able to post elsewhere, just not there...
Those are threads that were moved to the political forum because they either were or became political in nature. Even though the forum is closed, the rules regarding where particular threads belong remain in effect. When the Political forum re-opens they will be back in business...MacFan26 said:Ok thanks. I just wondered since I saw posts from earlier today.
Mudbug said:The forum is now open for posting again - there are a few rule changes that apply to newbies, but regular members should be able to access and post without issues now.
Thanks for cooperating, and happy posting.
Mudbug
Looks like you need about 34 more posts to be allowed to post there. Apparently a new rule. Seems a bit harsh to me, but it does prevent people from establishing new accounts just to troll in the political forum.sgarringer said:Why cant I post in the political forum. I can post in other forums...![]()
wordmunger said:Looks like you need about 34 more posts to be allowed to post there. Apparently a new rule. Seems a bit harsh to me, but it does prevent people from establishing new accounts just to troll in the political forum.
wordmunger said:Yes. You need 100. 66+34=100.
sgarringer said:damn it you beat me to this before i saw the new post by mudbug pointing out the 100 minimum. I misread your post and read 33 minimum.
I think 100 is too high, but I'll have to post BS in the other forums like the other users here (lets see, 10.3.6 didnt hose my machine, theres a post or two I can get out of that) to inflate my post count to 100.
Grr... I hate BS posts.
/edit: considering i got VERY up close and personal to a couple of n00bs in there, i'm sure they'll more than happily inflate my post count. thats why I must post BS. thanks.
Mudbug said:spam postings just to inflate your post count will only get you kicked out, not let in. just fyi.
sgarringer said:i'm not advocating spam posts, although I may have used that word. I'm advocating the posts that so many people do here to get into the 1000s of posts, simply posting "I agree", "Sounds good", "Works for me" or any of the other hundreds of junk posts that are posted to discussions daily.
MacDawg said:Uh, I wouldn't be advocating those posts either. Just get involved in a real discussion somewhere and contribute. Your post count will rise naturally. It isn't about numbers or status, its about contribution and interaction.
The posts that you are advocating will simply draw the attention of the mods and cause you problems.
Sun Baked said:This is going to knock out some of the more prolific Political Forum posters, some of which have yet to break double-digits on their post counts.
2jaded2care said:Anyone care to elaborate (in PG-13 terms) on whether this restriction was due to a specific incident, or just general post-election sniping (combined with typical Web nastiness/trolling)?... Or is that question better left unasked?
If your main purpose here is to discuss politics then you may want to find another forum where politics is the main purpose of the forum.sgarringer said:damn it you beat me to this before i saw the new post by mudbug pointing out the 100 minimum. I misread your post and read 33 minimum.
I think 100 is too high, but I'll have to post BS in the other forums like the other users here (lets see, 10.3.6 didnt hose my machine, theres a post or two I can get out of that) to inflate my post count to 100.
Grr... I hate BS posts.
/edit: considering i got VERY up close and personal to a couple of n00bs in there, i'm sure they'll more than happily inflate my post count. thats why I must post BS. thanks.
There's probably been about 5 members whose sole purpose was the political forum (I do remember seeing 1 post that counted when they had hundred of posts in the Political Forum.)gekko513 said:If your main purpose here is to discuss politics then you may want to find another forum where politics is the main purpose of the forum.
If you enjoy discussing mac stuff then you shouldn't have any problem reaching 100 posts in a normal way.