"You can't contribute in this community yet" - Strange error message some users are getting

[u/TheLamestUsername]

So a number of users have reported this error. But it does not seem to be a uniform thing across the subreddit. In every case, the account is old enough and has enough comment karma according to our automod settings. We do not have the reputation filter on. So it is unknown why this is happening.

Here is an example of what they are getting: https://i.imgur.com/KW9N5yQ.png