I'm not sure, but I seem to remember you need a higher beginners level, one you could easily reach within a week(?) *

That's all meant as troll protection.

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*) Yep, a relevant threshold of $USER->{experience} < 50 can be found twice in the codebase.

That's a min level 3 aka "Acolyte"

Level    XP        # Of Votes    Title
3        50        4            Acolyte
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So the message should be updated?

Optimising for fewest key strokes only makes sense transmitting to Pluto or beyond

Probably for people who are already logged in and still under level 3.

It's jdporter's baby and he's adjusting the thresholds from time to time.

So it's up to him his to implement this in the best way.

Cheers Rolf
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