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I agree that not being able to post in meta isn't great, especially when you're trying to post something like this, but simply put, it's damage mitigation. Users who are new to the Stack Exchange system are only allowed the most basic of tools until they prove they know how to use them.

This isn't just "gamification". The barriers are there to protect us (and our users) as much as they are there to annoy personally you :)

  • New users and spammers tend to go image and link mad. We block and limit these to prevent spammers.
  • Comments aren't checked as ritually as new users' posts so would slip through the quality nets.
  • Chat rooms are limited to prevent further abuse.
  • Voting is limited to make sock-puppet voting schemes harder to orchestrate.

If these limits didn't exist, we'd all be spending a lot more time editing and reviewing instead of answering. You brought up efficiency. Letting people run riot would hurt our throughput tremendously.

But ultimately it's something you'll have to live with. We have no direct control over required point for privilegesrequired point for privileges... It's just how SE works. It's not instant gratification but a balance we're trying to reach between quality and openness.

I agree that not being able to post in meta isn't great, especially when you're trying to post something like this, but simply put, it's damage mitigation. Users who are new to the Stack Exchange system are only allowed the most basic of tools until they prove they know how to use them.

This isn't just "gamification". The barriers are there to protect us (and our users) as much as they are there to annoy personally you :)

  • New users and spammers tend to go image and link mad. We block and limit these to prevent spammers.
  • Comments aren't checked as ritually as new users' posts so would slip through the quality nets.
  • Chat rooms are limited to prevent further abuse.
  • Voting is limited to make sock-puppet voting schemes harder to orchestrate.

If these limits didn't exist, we'd all be spending a lot more time editing and reviewing instead of answering. You brought up efficiency. Letting people run riot would hurt our throughput tremendously.

But ultimately it's something you'll have to live with. We have no direct control over required point for privileges... It's just how SE works. It's not instant gratification but a balance we're trying to reach between quality and openness.

I agree that not being able to post in meta isn't great, especially when you're trying to post something like this, but simply put, it's damage mitigation. Users who are new to the Stack Exchange system are only allowed the most basic of tools until they prove they know how to use them.

This isn't just "gamification". The barriers are there to protect us (and our users) as much as they are there to annoy personally you :)

  • New users and spammers tend to go image and link mad. We block and limit these to prevent spammers.
  • Comments aren't checked as ritually as new users' posts so would slip through the quality nets.
  • Chat rooms are limited to prevent further abuse.
  • Voting is limited to make sock-puppet voting schemes harder to orchestrate.

If these limits didn't exist, we'd all be spending a lot more time editing and reviewing instead of answering. You brought up efficiency. Letting people run riot would hurt our throughput tremendously.

But ultimately it's something you'll have to live with. We have no direct control over required point for privileges... It's just how SE works. It's not instant gratification but a balance we're trying to reach between quality and openness.

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I agree that not being able to post in meta isn't great, especially when you're trying to post something like this, but simply put, it's damage mitigation. Users who are new to the Stack Exchange system are only allowed the most basic of tools until they prove they know how to use them.

This isn't just "gamification". The barriers are there to protect us (and our users) as much as they are there to annoy personally you :)

  • New users and spammers tend to go image and link mad. We block and limit these to prevent spammers.
  • Comments aren't checked as ritually as new users' posts so would slip through the quality nets.
  • Chat rooms are limited to prevent further abuse.
  • Voting is limited to make sock-puppet voting schemes harder to orchestrate.

If these limits didn't exist, we'd all be spending a lot more time editing and reviewing instead of answering. You brought up efficiency. Letting people run riot would hurt our throughput tremendously.

But ultimately it's something you'll have to live with. We have no direct control over required point for privileges... It's just how SE works. It's not instant gratification but a balance we're trying to reach between quality and openness.