You make some good points, and the posting requirements are not there to deter legitimate forum contributors; they are there to eliminate disruptions caused by the likes of spammers and bots. When you first sign up for the forum, you receive a message (top right corner, right next to the notification bell), which provides the following details:
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Hello (your user name),
Welcome to Webmaster Sun and congratulations on making right decision to join the best internet marketing forum on the internet, a good place for internet marketers, webmasters, web designers and SEO people discussing and trading.
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Update your avatar & social network links:
https://www.webmastersun.com/account/account-details
Minimum post requirements to post links on forum:
https://www.webmastersun.com/threads/1117-minimum-post-requirements-to-post-links-on-forum/
Minimum post requirements are only applied for discussion sections, not for Special Offers or Webmaster Marketplace section, thus you can post links in these sections without requiring any posts first.
Signature links will be hid automatically if you didn't have any activations on forum for 15 days.
Our forum requires your avatar to be uploaded on your profile, Click
https://www.webmastersun.com/account/account-details to upload your own avatar.
We encourage you update your avatar and interacting with other members by wrapping [QUOTE ] tags around reply content.
Members make replies no sense, we can review account (by doubting is spammers) and we can disable account without any reports.
Finally some pointers where to start on the forum:
Introduce yourself to the forum please Click
https://www.webmastersun.com/forums/36-new-member-introductions/
Offer your special products/services, view sections
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This area is designated for WebmasterSun members to offer special products, tools, courses, ebooks..etc related to internet marketing online.
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Post your affiliate programs in this forum where for all members wish to list their products to gain more affiliates and getting new sales!
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Offer your web hosting offers, view sections
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View all forum sections here:
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Once again, welcome to the forum and I hope you enjoy your stay!
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So, thank you for hanging in there. Your 15 posts will be complete before you know it!