Originally posted by LukerikYup. Only Help should be available to new members. If all the information about restrictions are clear it should not bother new members.
I certainly think new players should have posting rights in Help. I had loads of stupid questions to ask when I first joined that were answered really patiently by people like Miss O. I think greenpawn34 has made some very valuable contributions in Chess. I guess similar arguments could be made for Posers. It might be an idea to restrict people's access to General, but only for their own protection.
Originally posted by CrowleyOK, but you get 2 kinds of new members in General: young girls who are about to get ripped to shreds and people who have opened a second account to troll and spam.
Yup. Only Help should be available to new members. If all the information about restrictions are clear it should not bother new members.
The latter won't bother with the Chess forum etc because the people they want to annoy don't live there.
I do like the idea of having a progressive introduction to the site. You already have a bit of this with rating limits on open invites etc. I subscribed when I was still p-rated and I remember the excitement when I first appeared on the ratings table and was able to enter banded tourneys. That actually enhances your enjoyment.
Originally posted by MissOleumI heard that non-subs cannot post in some chess forums - I thought gameknot was the same...
I have heard that GameKnot restricts its newly registered players from posting in forums before they have completed a number of games.
what a dumb idea! 🙄