Hi there,

Thanks for the quick reply:)! It was literally the first post I was going to make on this forum ever. I wanted to write about how I spotted a couple of plot holes in the Ace Attorney movie and if I was right about them or misinterpreting the movie incorrectly. There was one other thread about the movie in the "Defense Lobby", so I assumed it was relevant to the subject.

It seems like I am able to REPLY to existing threads but unable to start a "New Topic." The "New Topic" button seems to be missing for me on all the rest of the board except for this section it seems.

Hmm... It seems like spambots are a lot less prevalent here than a few months ago. I suppose decreasing the post requirement for new thread could be possible...

Anyway, TheIdioteque, you're almost at 50 posts, so... just keep at it ^_^

In times of peace we should disarm :P

Okay, the requirement for making new threads in certain subforums has been reduced to 25 posts from 50.

However, due to the way the forum works, this only applies to accounts made after today; other people still need 50 posts. Not completely ideal, but better than nothing.


(I also feel I should mention that having multiple accounts is against the rules, just in case...)

I think it's because you need to reach 25 posts before posting new topics.

Well, I finally got 25 myself but even that number does seem fairly excessive to me. From the perspective of a new member who really wants to contribute here, it kinda gives off a very hostile impression, not to mention it seems pretty counteractive to run a forum and then turn away fresh content rather than welcome it.

I guess it's like a balancing act. Would you rather save the staff's time by having less double threads to merge/lock, or would you rather provide a welcome space for new people to join and contribute?

I guess and added point is that you're never going to completely prevent people from making double-threads - even when everybody uses the search feature - because that relies so heavily on people using the right search terms.

A good portion of the post count rule is actually not to prevent multiple threads on the same topic from being made, but to prevent the spambots (which periodically invade) from making oodles and oodles of threads. (In fact, you can see in this thread that we reduced the requirement from 50 to 25 when the spambots died down a bit.)

While being able to make threads immediately would be nice, I doubt having a dozen gibberish threads about porn and viagra in every single subforum would be very inviting.

Like you said, it's a balancing act, to reduce spam from both newbies and from bots. While it may not be 100% ideal for all parties involves, 25 posts really isn't that much; you should be able to make the new thread you want in a few days at most if you're active and work towards it.