Cannot access marketplace or dms

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sparsh19

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buzz88 said:
They have made it as clear as possible. Not sure how people still find it hard to read/comprehend. Can you tell us what is confusing about this? I understand you were able to access it before but rules change, they are not carved in stone.

Market Access and Direct Message (DM) Requirements

You can get market access and ability to send Direct Message in one of the following ways

Participate: Minimum 25 posts in technical sections and 30 days on the forum.
Enclave Plus: Gain accelerated market and DM access.
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What exactly do posts mean? Do replies count as posts? Or do I need to start threads. This is my first time on a forum so pardon my newbie-ness.
 
sparsh19 said:
What exactly do posts mean? Do replies count as posts? Or do I need to start threads. This is my first time on a forum so pardon my newbie-ness.
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Don't worry, it's a legitimate doubt that I had as well. Replies do count as posts, but only in the technical sections (the social lounge and marketplace don't count).

I feel the wording could be improved for more clarity, since other new members might have the same doubts as well @Renegade

This is probably a bit too long, but something like this could help eliminate any doubts:

"To access the marketplace, you must have at least 25 meaningful posts (either threads or replies) in the forum’s technical sections. These include areas focused on programming, emerging tech, hardware, networking, and other tech-related topics. Posts in off-topic, general discussion, or marketplace sections do not count toward this requirement."
 
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What exactly do posts mean? Do replies count as posts? Or do I need to start threads. This is my first time on a forum so pardon my newbie-ness.
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If you are on PC, just hover your mouse on your username, or on phone, tap your username once.

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The first number, Messages 21, is your post count. If you reply in non-technical sections, it won't increase. If you reply in a technical section, it will increase.

On a side note, this should be clearer. @mods, can we use the same title everywhere, "posts" instead of messages here, so that it is easily understood?
 
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sparsh19 said:
but according to @buzz88, they don't count towards my post count. I have checked it too considering I have 38 total posts but only 26 displayed
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It isn't an instant process. I think it takes some time to reflect the changes in the code. Wait for 24 hours at least. Or one of the mods will see this post and let you know.
 
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It isn't an instant process. I think it takes some time to reflect the changes in the code. Wait for 24 hours at least. Or one of the mods will see this post and let you know.
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I have 32 messages and the account is since 2009! I don't have marketplace access. Seems like paying is the only way to gain access.
 
roniistar said:
I have 32 messages and the account is since 2009! I don't have marketplace access. Seems like paying is the only way to gain access.
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That's not true. I think some old accounts which were not active for years were disabled from market to prevent frauds taking over and misusing them. Maybe yours got included in that list.

Just wait for the mods to clear out the confusion. @Renegade if you could look into this.
 
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