Should Discourse require reading to gain initial trust?

My confusion was even worse today:

  1. I wanted to reply to the closed thread on the gradle.org forum.
  2. The “old forum” description says I need to use the linked reply functionality
  3. I sign up
  4. I read the welcome message, which explains three different reply possibilities
  5. I come back to the locked form, and I see none.
  6. I browse some new (unlocked) topics to find out I have two reply options available, but not the linked reply
  7. I come back to the welcome message which explains why some features may not be available.
  8. I discover this forum the discussion about trust levels.

So, one thing is that gradle.org might need to reconsider enabling linked reply to new users due to migration from the old forum.

Second thing is to rewrite the welcome message to inform about the options available now and then explain the points system.

Just a suggestion.

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