It has been our policy to avoid creating barriers to entry into the Rubin Forum Community, so we have always allowed new users to post to the Forum immediately upon creating an account. However, in response to an increase in bot-created spam postings, we are making some minor changes to the policies for new users. As of today, the following restrictions will be in place on the forum:
- The first 5 posts by a new user must be approved by a moderator; subsequent posts will not need moderation. Moderation is likely to happen quickly, as we have many moderators who are able to approve your post.
- Posts by users with “trust level” less than 2 must be approved by a moderator. See this Forum topic and the blog post linked therein for more info about trust levels.
We will work to ensure that these policies have only a minor effect on users’ Forum interactions.