That may be the problem, some people don’t do the bot tutorial to get the gist of direct messages and even how to post well (making quality posts is in the rules, but many don’t read them 
). This could be fixed by a point previously stated by FireJxsus, “there should be a step between Visitor to New Member to test who is getting the role knows how to post properly, when to post and where to do it, maybe a must-do tutorial like “You have been offered to be a New Member!, please, complete this tutorial in order to get the rank.”, not only an optional tutorial that some people don’t even bother to do or can’t find since it’s just a “Greetings” message from a bot.” I’m not trying to put pressure or attack anyone here, but a mandatory tutorial should be implemented.
I think I agree here. We don’t want this place to become another Public Forums area 
I also agree.
This seems like the best course of action for what’s currently in place
I suggest a tier system. There would be like 3 levels before you can reach new member. This would help ensure the best quality developers are filtered through with each tier giving more permission than the last till you reach new member.
I feel like my last post is also relevant here to: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/devforums-opening-to-the-public/227525/41?u=cjcool12345
Automation (which includes AI) seems to ineffective for a community of this size. It will absolutely work, but only for active members. And as the community grows, the frequency of low quality posts will increase. Maybe I’m missing some changes, but I don’t feel like this forum has the proper infrastructure to increase quality while accepting new members.
Even if that means I’m no longer eligible, I’d way rather be kicked out then have lower quality posts for the staff to use! Also biased here, Roblox is my hobby, not my job.
Interesting change indeed.
Well said r0cu. Well said.
Indeed glad they made a topic.
While this is savage there’s a good point being made here, just reading the forum is not a strong enough sole indicator of developer proficiency or seriousness to join this community, other indicators should be considered before someone becomes a new member.
The signal to noise ratio has changed since this change has gone through, I’ve seen numerous examples of new members joining and then immediately misusing the forum. This doesn’t hurt me, it hurts the other legitimate new members because they start to become associated with “meme posts” like the previous new member who immediately spammed links to his game on each area he could post to, auto-promotion hurts high quality new members by locking them into a community with a high amount of noise, hindering legitimate development discussion, I would hope that Roblox considers further barriers than just reading the forum for membership criteria here.
I am against this change. There are now ridiculous posts going around, new members claiming work that is not theirs, and all this stuff. People may think while reading my reply, “Wait, aren’t you a new member yourself?”. This is the truth, but I was accepted through applications and now that this change has occurred it is really disappointing to others like me who were accepted through applications before this change. We need to revert.
Really good point. There’s also the possibility of people making bots which come back to the DevForum everyday and then gaining access, further lowering the standard of the DevForums.
If you read the post and the replies the staff have already planned for this. Discourse also already has multiple checks in place to prevent this.
I expressed my opinions in a tweet about how this system might be improved: https://twitter.com/ImElttob/status/1087021912298057730?s=20
As someone who got accepted via the new system, I agree that it’s much too lenient. In my opinion, promotion to new member should be after 6mo/1yr of (somewhat) consistent activity, with active interactions such as liking posts being mandatory for promotion.
Reverting back to the old system won’t help.
As said by Lilly_S,
I know, but there is probably some better way of doing this. Letting players on the DevForums just like that is proving a bit disastrous. There’s new members going around claiming work that is not theirs, and asking questions which can be solved with a quick Google search.
I have a proposal.
As said by @packid851rb, he said that a mandatory tutorial should be implemented so that people who entered in via the new system can learn the rules and basics of posting on the DevForums.
Contact the Developer Engagement Team about it.
Ignore the threads and only look at what interests you.
This could work, coupled with the three-strike moderation system.