There are more people on the site now, so it’s easier to get karma. A lot of newbies haven’t read many of the sequences. If they start posting too soon, we could end up with a lot of garbage in the new posts list.
I don’t know if anyone else behaved this way, but at first I commented until I had enough karma to post, then I started lurking. I’ve never posted anything, but it’s nice to have the option. Maybe this change will entice more lurkers to comment.
I did exactly the same, though I did rough out a post on how to protect your friends from falling into traps that you knew they would be soon taught at university/school. With these changes, I’m under the cap again, which might ironically make me write the article properly.
There are more people on the site now, so it’s easier to get karma. A lot of newbies haven’t read many of the sequences. If they start posting too soon, we could end up with a lot of garbage in the new posts list.
I don’t know if anyone else behaved this way, but at first I commented until I had enough karma to post, then I started lurking. I’ve never posted anything, but it’s nice to have the option. Maybe this change will entice more lurkers to comment.
I did exactly the same, though I did rough out a post on how to protect your friends from falling into traps that you knew they would be soon taught at university/school. With these changes, I’m under the cap again, which might ironically make me write the article properly.