My prior rant (see on edits) proved somewhat valuable - there is now a not-anymore-so-new feature that gives us 100 points (leaving us at the funny 101 state) when creating a new user on sites from SE network, proven you had enough points (200) in at least one.

Now I still think 10 rep points is too much of a requirement to new users to post more than 1 hyperlink. And I'm not alone (at least among skeptics). If the intention is preventing spam, why not simply applying the SPAM prevention mechanism (that one with the cute robot image) to everyone with less than 10 points and remove this limit once and for all?

My prior rant (see on edits) proved somewhat valuable - there is now a not-anymore-so-new feature that gives us 100 points (leaving us at the funny 101 state) when creating a new user on sites from SE network, proven you had enough points (200) in at least one.

Now I still think 10 rep points is too much of a requirement to new users to post more than 1 hyperlink. And I'm not alone (at least among skeptics). If the intention is preventing spam, why not simply applying the SPAM prevention mechanism (that one with the cute robot image) to everyone with less than 10 points and remove this limit once and for all?

I find this a little bit stupid. I can use openid and connect logins for all those sites, but can't share reputation? Maybe there should be another way to build it up rather than having to live inside the website, and it definitely should share rep among all uservoice sites.

edit: My rant above proved somewhat valuable - there is now a not-anymore-so-new feature that gives us 100 points when creating a new user on sites from SE network, proven you had enough points in at least one. So it's not a valid point anymore.

Now I still think 10 rep points is too much of a requirement to new users to post more than 1 hyperlink. And I'm not alone (at least among skeptics). If the intention is preventing spam, why not simply applying the SPAM prevention mechanism (that one with the cute robot image) to everyone with less than 10 points and remove this limit once and for all?

My prior rant (see on edits) proved somewhat valuable - there is now a not-anymore-so-new feature that gives us 100 points (leaving us at the funny 101 state) when creating a new user on sites from SE network, proven you had enough points (200) in at least one.

Now I still think 10 rep points is too much of a requirement to new users to post more than 1 hyperlink. And I'm not alone (at least among skeptics). If the intention is preventing spam, why not simply applying the SPAM prevention mechanism (that one with the cute robot image) to everyone with less than 10 points and remove this limit once and for all?

I find this a little bit stupid. I can use openid and connect logins for all those sites, but can't share reputation? Maybe there should be another way to build it up rather than having to live inside the website, and it definitely should share rep among all uservoice sites.

I find this a little bit stupid. I can use openid and connect logins for all those sites, but can't share reputation? Maybe there should be another way to build it up rather than having to live inside the website, and it definitely should share rep among all uservoice sites.

edit: My rant above proved somewhat valuable - there is now a not-anymore-so-new feature that gives us 100 points when creating a new user on sites from SE network, proven you had enough points in at least one. So it's not a valid point anymore.

Now I still think 10 rep points is too much of a requirement to new users to post more than 1 hyperlink. And I'm not alone (at least among skeptics). If the intention is preventing spam, why not simply applying the SPAM prevention mechanism (that one with the cute robot image) to everyone with less than 10 points and remove this limit once and for all?