1) You didn't know Chat didn't count until you made a test post and watched your post count not move. You deleted that post....staff sees deleted posts. You were posting there with the intent of raising your post count to enter FS. You did not return to Chat after that test post was made and deleted.

2) You made 24 posts (all posts will be counted, since you intended to use them to enter FS) in the ~hour before you hit 100.

3) You hit 100 and stopped.

4) You were antsy about FS access in the various posts right after reaching 100.

5) The precedent has been set and we're sticking to it vehemently (because we set it)...you were posting with the intent of gaining FS access which is not what we want for people to do here at XS.

Therefore, it's neither too harsh nor should it be unexpected. The minimum waiting time is 3 months...we'll reevaluate then, but to-date, no one has waited for less than 6 months.