It would be easy to add likes to a few posts in the first thread of a first time poster if they notice they can’t add attachements. I remember it has been tried but didn’t help. If I knew that e.g. 3 likes is enough, I could add likes to first posts of a new poster even before there’s need to attach files. (If I remember - I’m not known for my eagerness to give likes.)
Yes, but it’s cumbersome, and see e.g.
As far as spam is concerned, I don’t see how adding attachements would be much bigger danger than adding links.
Anyways, it doesn’t have to be the “likes”. Any feature or way which would help the first-time posters is fine for me. It’s just so frustrating to see how they try to attach a screenshot or a KiCad file just to be forced to answer that “as a newcomer I can’t attach files, what to do now”. It happens quite often.