Not really. By the time you say hello to everyone in the new members area, you'll probably have 6 posts. It sure beats another forum I use where you need 50 posts and 30 days of membership to get full access. And it can't be either it has to be both, so pouring out 50 useless posts won't help till you've been there 30 days as well. This one has a good balance. 6 stops spambots from joining up. Which is probably the intention.
It won't take long to reach 6, that's for sure.