Came here to post the same problem, but now the problem has shifted to: I'm 99% a lurker on forums, preferring to just read what others have said without feeling the need to add anything. So this is kind of bothersome for me; it will likely take a while to accumulate even 15 posts (especially when I'm only a spouse, so most of the content isn't something I COULD reply to!) Any chance there might be an "either-or" minimum requirement, with time since registration date being an alternative to # of posts?