5 posts to Muffin should be 10-15.

[Chara 1,565]

So I realized that the MLPForums has a lot of dealing with Trolls. So I thought for a minute. Couldn't the MLPForums just make the 5 posts to full access 10 or 15 max? I think it would really help out because you have to realize that any Troll or something can just make 5 legitimate posts and then start doing what they normally do. Would that be possible?

[Gestum 2,493]

Wouldn't really help. Trolls would just make 15 posts like "I like this episode a lot" before they would start trolling.

[NullAccount 287]

I think that 5 or 10 more posts will really stop a troll. On the other hand, those extra posts might be discouraging to newcomers. When I first joined, even 5 posts looked daunting. If I needed 10 or 15 posts, I might not have even made it here.

[Fhaolan 4,483]

This isn't an official answer, just my opinion based on what I've pieced together from personal experience. So take it with a grain of salt.

 

The type of trolls that would be stopped by a 10-15 post requirement are the ones that are already being stopped by the 5-post requirement. The trolls we currently get aren't likely to be deterred by increasing that requirement.

 

Basically, the posting requirement only covers some of the forums. It can't cover all of it, because how the heck would you get the five posts if you had to have five posts to be able to post? So there has to be places you can post with no restriction. As long as those places exist, that's where the trolls are going to start. We can't stop them from initially posting in those places. All we can do is hope that they are silly enough to start out with Troll-like posts so that members can report the posts and the trolls get sussed out that way.

 

So the minimum number of posts is really only there to protect the more sensitive areas by slowing the Trolls down. Life Advice, and similar places, where trolling can do more damage. And it's really a psychological barrier. Is the troll determined and disciplined enough to post X number of non-trolly posts in order to get into those areas? Usually they're not. Only a small number seem to get past that barrier as it is.

 

Those that do manage 5 posts don't seem to be the type to be deterred by an additional 5 or 10 posts. If anything, they seem to be the type to be encouraged by it as it gives them a challenge to overcome in their crusade against the Evil Bronies! Or they didn't start as Trolls, but were originally perfectly nice members who became embittered and vengeful over time. The minimum post requirement doesn't do much to stop either of those kinds of Trolls.