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THX758
THX758 Posts: 150 Forumite
I have registered on there forums and wanted to start a thread, but this come out :

Sorry as a new user you are not allowed to post with links. This is done to stop spammers clogging up the site. Please edit your message below to continue.

So, if you are new, you are considered as a spammer on here?:mad:

How long will it take for me to be able to make a post with links, or when will I be considered worthy of posting with links?

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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    THX758 wrote: »
    How long will it take for me to be able to make a post with links, or when will I be considered worthy of posting with links?

    No that many post or time registered. It's just there to stop immediate register and then spam a link posters which have plagued the forums in the past.
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  • Kernel_Sanders
    Kernel_Sanders Posts: 3,617 Forumite
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    edited 26 June 2015 at 2:31PM
    THX758 wrote: »
    Sorry as a new user you are not allowed to post with links. This is done to stop spammers clogging up the site. Please edit your message below to continue.

    So, if you are new, you are considered as a spammer on here?:mad:
    What part of that statement implies that you are a spammer?

    Just make the thread stating the URL instead. Somebody may even reproduce it as a hyperlink for you (but maybe not, if you are going to have a tantrum at the slightest problem).
  • torbrex
    torbrex Posts: 71,340 Forumite
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    What part of that statement implies that you are a spammer?

    maybe they were feeling guilty :rotfl:
  • JJ_Egan
    JJ_Egan Posts: 20,281 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    THX758 wrote: »
    I have registered on there forums and wanted to start a thread, but this come out :

    Sorry as a new user you are not allowed to post with links. This is done to stop spammers clogging up the site. Please edit your message below to continue.

    So, if you are new, you are considered as a spammer on here?:mad:

    Been about a hundred real spam posts from just joined newbies today alone .

    Not hard to post a link as not a link .
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