We have seen quite a steady rise in members over the last few months, between 150-250 a day but not much activity except downloading the files on here.
So we would like members to get involved and unfortunately like many other sites I feel that we need to bring in measures to deal with this issue.
So now a Member needs 5 posts before he / she can download on the forums.
THIS IS HOW IT WORKS - PLEASE READ ALL
Please do not make the mistake of thinking the forum attachments and the download sections are the same... they are not!
Forum Attachments
These are the files found in members posts, after 5 post's you will be able to download them (please see timing note below).
Download Section
Downloads - DigitalWorldz - Satellite, Cable, Console Forums
Before 5 posts you cannot download files, after 5 posts you may download one file a day, after 10 posts you can download 5 files per day, at 50 posts its 10 files, and so on.
Timing Note
Please note you may have reached 5 post's but cannot download still... that may because the forum has not updated it's scheduled task's, basically this can take up to an hour to process... so you may have to wait.
Exclusions
Posts which are made in the Welcome (Who Are You), Fun and Laughter and Adult rooms do not count towards your "five posts", although your actual post count displayed may be higher.
Post Clocking
Post clocking is when you post simple posts to get downloads... we are aware of this and have moderators and members online all day, they will spot this behavior and your post's will be removed. Blatant and repeated post clocking will not be tolerated and you may end up with an infraction, or temporary ban.
Example Clocking:
We realize that there are the few occasions were a member or group of members deserve to be thanked for some outstanding contribution to the forums, and we think as a team we accept this.
We would ask, and this is primarily for new members that we have "Like" (in the bottom right of every post) and "Add Reputation" (in the bottom left, and looks like a sheriff badge) for a reason. Moderators do not want to sit and remove a tirade of "Thanks", "Cheers", "Great", "Super" or any other spurious one or two word answers that will do nothing that clicking on one of the aforementioned buttons will do, especially when it appears in threads 12, 18, or 24+ months old.
As above, It's blatant clocking, and posts
WILL be removed. As has also been said, you may receive an infraction or you may also receive a temporary ban.
I'm sure this will continue as (some) new members continue to completely forgo reading rules, or actually spending the time to understand how the forum works.
Thank You.
Mick