Enderelle Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 I'm fairly new to this site, still trying to figure out how it works. I've downloaded & installed a couple mods from here already, and I was having trouble with one so I posted in that mod's thread to ask for help, and I wanted to attach a couple screenshots from my game so people could see exactly what it is I needed help with, but I could not attach pictures. I tried several ways, including using the "Attach files" button below, and the "Image" button above (in the format bar, same row as Bold/Underline/Italic) but each time an error message told me it wasn't allowed. I also uploaded my screenshots to dropbox and tried adding a link using the "Link" button in the format bar, and by copy/pasting the URL into the text of my post, but it still gave me the same error message. I even tried to send someone a PM with a link but the same thing happened. Why is this happening? I know they weren't too big; all the pics combined that I tried to post added up to far less than 100MB. Do they need to be a certain file format? Or do I need to meet some sort of requirement in order to earn permission to attach files/pictures to my posts, or even links to pictures that are hosted elsewhere on the web? I can't think of any other way to show people what my problem looks like in my game. I read the rules of this forum but they don't say anything about pictures (except profile pics), and I searched around but couldn't find any rules or instructions about this anywhere else.
Dauros Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 You don't have enough posts yet. It's an anti-spambot feature. You won't be able to post links either until you hit a certain time period or post number.
Electronauta Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Say thanks in any mod's post, at least 3 times, and will do the trick,
Enderelle Posted October 28, 2015 Author Posted October 28, 2015 You don't have enough posts yet. It's an anti-spambot feature. You won't be able to post links either until you hit a certain time period or post number. Do you know exactly how many posts or how much time it takes? Say thanks in any mod's post, at least 3 times, and will do the trick, You mean like just go to any 3 different random mods from this site, and make a generic thank-you comment in each? Or go to one mod's page and make 3 thank-you posts in a row? (I can't do this for 3 different mods that I use because so far I've only installed 2 mods from LoversLab, and I'm still in process of figuring out what else to get & how to install them, etc)
Ashal Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 It takes 2 posts. Once the title under your avatar changes from "New Member" to "Member" you can post links without restriction. As mentioned, this is an anti-spam measure. If new accounts can't post links for their first 1-2 posts, pretty much 99% stop working. It's annoying, which I admit and apologize for, but we literally went from 1 to 3 automated spam posts a day that moderators had to delete, to maybe 1 every few months at the most. So no regrets. - Despite the mass of "why can't I post?" threads and emails I've since gotten from new users who don't understand as a result.
Dauros Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 It's a big problem on any forum I've done staff work for. Random nerd fort forums are plagued by them, so I can imagine how bad they are on a sex site forum. It's probably on par or worse with the amount hentai forums get. So the automated features are the best way around it imo. Like you said, you catch the majority of them by that the rest become manageable.
DoctaSax Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Easy ways to rack up your post count: - say hi - have a little fun
Guest ...failure Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Easy ways to rack up your post count: - say hi - have a little fun I can guarantee this method
Enderelle Posted October 29, 2015 Author Posted October 29, 2015 It takes 2 posts. Once the title under your avatar changes from "New Member" to "Member" you can post links without restriction. As mentioned, this is an anti-spam measure. If new accounts can't post links for their first 1-2 posts, pretty much 99% stop working. It's annoying, which I admit and apologize for, but we literally went from 1 to 3 automated spam posts a day that moderators had to delete, to maybe 1 every few months at the most. So no regrets. - Despite the mass of "why can't I post?" threads and emails I've since gotten from new users who don't understand as a result. Well then, I guess my problem was solved the moment I made this thread, because it was my 3rd post IIRC, and I made a couple more comments in that mod thread on the same day. Here, I even posted a picture now to prove it's working. Thanks for explaining for me. Now I just wish there were more people as helpful as you in that mod comment thread.
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