Well, Philosophy Behind DP New Likes System is quite simple, DP administrator want this forum a better place and want to avoid spammers and frauds, and I think its nice effort. Positives: 1. It will help filtering spammers to some extent 2. Its better than waiting for 14 days 3. It encourages users to contribute better quality content to DP forums Negatives: 1. Discourage newbies, most of the users here are new to online marketing and SEO. 2. Its bit frustrating.
It's frustrating, but it's understandable. 3 likes is the perfect balance for getting people to post actively.
Your thread is quite good as it looks at the issue fairly and from both perspectives. I hope that with #1 on your list of negatives that newbies won't stay discouraged, but will attempt to try and work with the new system.
Nice treads, i agree with you. What i do now just fight the frustrating and keep on trying day by day