Why do we have to go through a "Verification" for every post?

[daves_not_here]

Just curious. It's annoying.

[kwoswalt99]

One more post and you won’t have to.

[J.A.F.E.]

It's only for the for the first five posts. Starting with #6 you won't see it anymore.

The reason is spammers. The few that can get through and register are usually too lazy to complete the captcha test (the verification test).

[daves_not_here]

Thanks.

Do we ever get our old post counts back?

[goodfellow]

Thanks.

Do we ever get our old post counts back?

Nope -- the old site and all the associated user and posting data is gone I'm afraid.

[daves_not_here]

Oh, well. I'm not a post count whore, anyway. 

The real bummer is all the great content that was lost. 

[oldnslo]

Congrats on racking up that post count! Welcome to the "no verification" kool kid krowd.

[daves_not_here]

Thanks!