You sir, are a specialist in the art of discovering a welcoming outcome of a particular situation....not a mechanic.
My feedback add 11-12 ish before the great servpocaylpse of 2012
What he said. Spam is the biggest problem here, the second was folks signing up just to hock their wares, never to be heard from again. Often times there were issues with the transactions too. So, we had to restrict access to folks that had been here at least 30 days - thus the "probation" status. This was the best compromise out of all of the options we tried. We've found that those just joining to sell their stuff don't want to wait the 30 days and just move along. It's cut down on a lot of issues we used to get. We try to get folks to realize that this is first and foremost a discussion forum - that has the benefit of a Tading Post too.
What you now also realize is that most every member here, including the staff, are a bunch of sarcastic folks. While it'll seem almost hostile right now, you'll definitely get used to it and come to realize this is how we tend to get our jollies (almost pathetic now that I think about it). This is how we are, but we'll grow on you.
ETA: oh, and the "In B4 lock" is a common phrase here meaning the person got their comment into the thread before the thread got locked (closed) by mods.
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