[ making this post as a reference for the FAQ why can’t i post blah ]
The software used for this forum is called discourse.
it’s got trust levels.
you may find new user you can’t do some basic stuff.
Users at trust level 0 cannot …
- Send personal messages to other users
- “Reply as new topic” via Link button (UI removed)
- Flag posts
- Post more than 1 image
- Post any attachments
- Post more than 2 hyperlinks in a post
- Have actual links in the ‘about me’ field of their profile (will be silently and temporarily converted to plain text)
- Mention more than 2 users in a post
- Post more than 3 topics
- Post more than 10 replies
- Edit their own posts after more than 24 hours
these are the default discourse settings.
Admins can change these limitations by searching for
newuserandfirst_dayin site settings.
so they might be different here. (we should update this post if we did. )
it is not hard to get to the next trust level 1.
Get to trust level 1 by…
- Entering at least 5 topics
- Reading at least 30 posts
- Spend a total of 10 minutes reading posts
Users at trust level 1 can…
- Use all core Discourse functions; all new user restrictions are removed
- Send PMs
- Upload images and attachments if enabled
- Edit wiki posts
- Flag posts
- Mute other users
there’s more trust levels, and more perks when you get there.
