Beginning January 2nd, you will need to have at least 25 reviews under your belt before being able to visit the chat room. Since this is a big change and will affect a number of people, you are being given ample time to make at least 25 reviews. In fact, if you have zero reviews now but make 0.9 reviews per day from now until Jan. 2, you will have 25 reviews.
The reason for the change is there has been a strong rise in the number of incidents involving the chat room. In fact, the vast majority of incidents that we must deal with involve the chat room, and the vast majority of chat room incidents involve members with 0 to 5 posts. A lot of these members are not new; in fact, some have been here for almost a year. However, as they exclusively come to YWS for the chat room, they do not understand or know the rules on the site.
The 25 review number is somewhat high, but is also easily attainable. In fact, most new members reach it within a week.
All other forums will remain unaffected.
Gender:
Points: 11417
Reviews: 425