Look through this plethora of questions and comments. The same question has been asked so many times that the moderators have all quit.
You've gotta have a minimum of 10 posts now to view the wanted ads or send a PM to others. That was started by Ryan to help prevent scammers (scum) from creating an account just to rip off members in the want ads. Once you've made your 10 posts, it seems to take the server 24 hours to recognize it and give you permission to view the want ads and start a conversation with other members. It seems to have worked because there hasn't been anyone posting about being scammed, but there's been an abundance of people asking why they can't contact other members. I assume it's people that only have an account to use the classifieds. Hope this helps, now back to my normal smartass self.
Not the case - we just figure they will find the posts.........eventually. Initiative noun the ability to assess and initiate things independently.