2 important forum changes

[Bruno]

Bruno strikes again. Although this time it is a change noone should notice. It should be transparent to all seniors and people who abide by the clasifieds rules.

1) Plain users no longer have access to the Conversation forum. They will need to be member of a group called 'Conversation users'. Membership to this group will be granted automatically after 14 days AND 20 posts. This is to prevent newbies from getting distracted or signing up -because- of the conversation, and to prevent banned people from evading their ban by registering a new account.

2) Plain users no longer have post access to the classifieds. The will need to be a member of 'Classifieds users'. Membership to this group will be granted automatically, after 90 days and 100 posts, or 180 days and 50 posts.
The 5 ad limit will also be enforced automatically.
Membership to this group can also be granted by admins for special cases.

Both rules should make our (mod) lives easier, especially the classifieds rule, since it doesn't need to be policed so intensively anymore.

The only downside I can see is that newbies will no longer be able to post WTB ads. I checked, and the vast majority is WTS. Also, newbies have no real idea what to ask for in their ad, so their best course of action would be to inform themselves first in the forum, and then check out the sale ads, possibly with the help and advice of a more senior member.