Oh my gosh, I had no idea!! I am new here and don't really know my way around all that well. Thank you so much for letting me know! I will post my experience on there. Thanks for the information.

Ha ha ha Rozeleeta.;) Okay, point taken.

Way too many post required. 50 would have been plenty.

Lots of valid reasoning for making changes but 200 effectively kills the threads. While 50 might be OK, 75-100 would be better IMO.

Nice avatar, Oxy!

I have well over the 200 required posts but am still unable to post in those threads. Is something wrong or did I miss something?

I just now noticed my post count has also gone down. Last time I noticed it was over 600 and now it is 496. I hope I havent done anything wrong to have posts deleted. I have been at DB many years that I would never knowingly break any Rules

I tested your account and it is fine to post there, made a post and deleted it without any problems.
Off topic, and removed, posts are no longer counted... please see: http://www.drugbuyers.com/freeboard/ubbthreads.php/topics/903371/Administrator#Post903371

This 200 posts restriction is absolute nonsense.
Why penalize users?
It doesn't make sense.
I thought I could come here and freely discuss issues and topics, and now you place ridiculous restrictions on me.
Change this asinine rule now.
Thank you.

Why thank you very much, not to brag or anything but I make all my avatars myself. The one I'm using now is a very fast CinemaScope.

Take a bow Oxy80....lol

I will say and do anything to reach the 200 post count...lol

Knock...Knock...Whos there?...lol

180 posts on the wall, 180 posts on the wall...if one falls off...lol

Thanks admin. Back on topic. I think it is a good idea. New users have time to post ask questions in other places and the best place to start is introducing themselves which so few do. When a user goes straight to the BI section to post it seems a little sketchy

Since you have been a member for just a few days and are looking for Oxy and have no clue where to get it... I just do not see why just reading the "enter at your own risks" threads and posting everywhere else is not sufficient. We will save you a bundle by preventing the shills from having multiple accounts to make you send money to a scammer... and just reading will certainly lead you in the right direction... not to mention that you can certainly use the board to find out that ordering Oxy online is illegal...

I have to agree with you stevo... Heck, there's a poster posting to this thread that has 100 posts in less than a week. I actually think a cap should be implemented on how many posts per day posters can post. Not all of us can wake up and go to bed posting on this or any other board.. 30 to 40 posts a day doesn't automatically make one an expert. But that's just my opinion, which isn't worth diddly on this board...

That is just silly! That only gets you banned and when we are not trying to explain things also gets all your posts deleted...

This measure also helps weed out the undesirables before it is to late... bye bye...

This is a message board and as far as we are concerned... the more people post the better... content is king... one thing is to post "knock knock" like this person I just banned and another is to contribute... you can contribute with one post a month or with 100 posts a day... and we are also happy when people make one or 100 questions as we are here to help...

That said... we do set limits on how often people can post when we notice a member posts a lot of nonsense or makes ten posts to say what can be said in one...

As usual the best is to Notify the moderators when something annoys you...

Well admin, that was my point, lots of "knock knock" type posts. If posts were limited, wouldn't people think twice about wasting a post on "off topic" posts. Heck we are all guilty of the off topic posts, even you buddy, and you are, well the Admin..

We allow a bit of off topic as it is natural... and you are right even the Admin and Mods make off topic comments... but when off topic becames the rule we get upset...
We need help from members... if you notice a person posting too much off topic, or breaking the Rules, or the poster just annoys you and makes you not want to visit out site... then instead of making it worst by adding your comments and starting a flame war... just do not reply to them and Notify the mods and the mods with do whatever it takes to put things in place...

Long time reader, newly registered. I think in the short term this is a tough pill for us to swallow for those of us who have been recently scammed. We knew/know the risks.

In the long term, this is something that is going to save a lot more victims. You have to stop the flood somewhere. There have been enough victims.

I don't know how I'm ever going to get 200 posts though. I like to read, but not post so much. :-)

Best to everyone.


Admin comments: since you are a long time lurker and this is your first post... you are not affected and can only benefit from more reliable feedback... keep on reading and thank you for the feedback on this... :-)

It's easy, just consider you might not get your order from no matter who it is you order from. If you can make that the rule of thumb and don't be surprised if you don't get the package. It could be lost in the mail, snatched up by customs, FexEd driver stole it, shipper didn't ship or probably way more ways you could lose a package.

If you're not willing to take a chance then don't order in the first place. Ordering meds on the net is definitely a high risk practice.

What the hell? I have over 1,500 posts and I can't post in those forums and threads either

Oh, and how the hell did my post count drop by 500 posts?

Since you ask in such a polite manner :-)
Try posting again but keep in mind some threads may be locked...
Sorry your post count went down so much. The good news is I added two posts when testing your account in the forum you say you can not post at the tests went fine... give it a try and let me know

About the post count... we are no longer counting off topic posts or removed posts... the off topic posts may be there but are no longer counted and all the fights you had about phentermine and so on... and the rude answers... that ended up being removed have been deducted...

IP tracking and an attempt to block them by IP is too easily circumvented. While checking a posters history can be very effective, it takes a good deal of time and resources to do.

It seems to me there should be other considerations than post count, perhaps longevity on the board. I don't post unless I have something reasonable to say, and I may never reach 200 posts.

As stated above, an individual can get 200 posts in a couple of days if they want to. Not trying to make it harder on the fine people at DB; you all do a great job.

I am just making the point that the number of posts may be relatively meaningless depending on how the individual achieved that number of posts.

Respectfully, ANSKEL

I agree with Anskel. There should be considerations other than
post counts. I've been a member since '06 and a lurker/reader
since '02. I'm amazed that so many members have racked up 'pooh-
bah' numbers in such a short time. I think it sort of cheapens
the whole stature/hierarchy blah-blah. I no longer pay attention
to post numbers, only to how long a person has been around. Too
many of these 'pooh-bahs' surf every thread contributing little
while inflating their count. Yadda, yadda, yadda.......

You know I didnt really think much about the "seniority" aspect. I think Anskel and Jessecat make a wonderful point. The so called experts in every aspect of internet pharma can really pad a post count for themselves in a relatively short time. But admin makes a good point as well about content, and the more content the better. There has to be a compromise somewhere for folks like Anskel and jessecat who have been here for ages and who probably never posted an off topic or meaningless post.

Perhaps those who have been around awhile, and exhibit true quality posts in that time, can somehow petition to have that ban lifted for them. Sort of the way when you get PM privileges has been determined in the past.

Maybe someone who has been here since 2003 or so, never been known to cause issues, petitions to have the ruled suspended in his case. Upon investigation of past posting history, he only has 70 posts, but they were all on-topic, relevant, and provided true insight and valuable and coherent information to the discussions at hand. So he is granted access.

On the other hand, someone has been here two months, posts daily about one particular service, some of it off-topic nonsense, and petitions for posting privileges after 60 posts- denied.


Perhaps something like this can be a viable alternative.

There is some truth to what you say but the point that many are missing is that no matter how long or how many posts you make, this alone does not and should not "qualify" a poster for any significant status rating in and by itself. Any attempt to qualify a new poster based on this type of criteria that you mention would be so subjective and difficult to manage that it would effectively be rendered useless as a meaningful tool, IMO.