If you're a newly registered user here, you get put in the (wait for it) Newly Registered Users group. Right now, that group can only reply to topics - they can't start new ones. Sorry, but spam bots have made this change in policy necessary. If you're a legitimate user and want full posting rights, reply here and one of our administrators will get it for you ASAP.
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Also, Gmail account registration has been disabled again. I mean, it's not like anyone posts here, anyway.