04-16-2018, 12:13 PM
I very much doubt that simply getting to 150 posts automatically grants a member a 'no questions asked' pass into the most special of all special areas.
I've always assumed that the "Post your 150th post here" thread is something of a "Please Consider" invitation, allowing the Mods and Admins to take a closer look at a member, and perhaps click on their Reputation points - and browse who gave them for what reason, if they've been the recipient of any warnings, perhaps to click on one or two of the member's posts....that kind of thing. Then you get granted the access.
In my mind, that's the way it works.
I am comforted by the fact that I don't ever remember seeing a new member who simply posts 5 x "Yeah, me too" or "I know what you mean" posts per day for a month in a frantic bid to get to 150. It would stick out like a sore thumb in the 'View Today's Posts' filter.
I'm a Newbie, though. Just because I haven't seen it, doesn't meant it's never happened...
I've always assumed that the "Post your 150th post here" thread is something of a "Please Consider" invitation, allowing the Mods and Admins to take a closer look at a member, and perhaps click on their Reputation points - and browse who gave them for what reason, if they've been the recipient of any warnings, perhaps to click on one or two of the member's posts....that kind of thing. Then you get granted the access.
In my mind, that's the way it works.
I am comforted by the fact that I don't ever remember seeing a new member who simply posts 5 x "Yeah, me too" or "I know what you mean" posts per day for a month in a frantic bid to get to 150. It would stick out like a sore thumb in the 'View Today's Posts' filter.
I'm a Newbie, though. Just because I haven't seen it, doesn't meant it's never happened...
There's a difference between having an opinion and having an informed opinion.