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Wtf!! Post Timer?!?!?!

Doujin
02-10-2005, 20:12
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1. Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 30 seconds.

WTF! When did we get this? GET RID OF IT!
Cheese penguins
02-10-2005, 20:13
i think this belongs in moderation if you want rid of it.
Ifreann
02-10-2005, 20:14
that was always here,the idea is to stop flooding.why do you want to get rid of it?(this is me trying vainly to turn this into a discussion)
Cheese penguins
02-10-2005, 20:17
i think a thirty second limit is a good idea. 1 it stops the topic flooding, 2. it makes the person posting have time to think about what they shall post so they dont put something they will later regret.
CanuckHeaven
02-10-2005, 20:23
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1. Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one message every 30 seconds.

WTF! When did we get this? GET RID OF IT!
I usually get this if I accidently attempt a double post, not realizing that my first post went through.
Tactical Grace
02-10-2005, 20:24
It's been around for a long time. It's so people can't post-whore.

I'm so glad they got rid of nested quote tags too ... quote pyramids suck.
Eutrusca
02-10-2005, 20:26
it makes the person posting have time to think about what they shall post so they dont put something they will later regret.
Umm ... sometimes. [ speaking as one who has been banned three times! ] :rolleyes:
Itinerate Tree Dweller
02-10-2005, 20:32
Thirty seconds is not that long. If you are somehow managing to post several times in a minute, then you are either adding nothing to a thread or you are just copying and pasting stuff. This timer gives you a slight nudge into making fuller and more complete posts.
Ifreann
02-10-2005, 20:36
It's been around for a long time. It's so people can't post-whore.

I'm so glad they got rid of nested quote tags too ... quote pyramids suck.

ya,it made posts massive,and if people started quoting already massive rants......
Czardas
02-10-2005, 20:54
ya,it made posts massive,and if people started quoting already massive rants......
That's why we have "-snip-".
Ifreann
02-10-2005, 20:57
That's why we have "-snip-".
unfortunately we also have lazy people and idiots
Erastide
02-10-2005, 21:08
Thirty seconds is not that long. If you are somehow managing to post several times in a minute, then you are either adding nothing to a thread or you are just copying and pasting stuff. This timer gives you a slight nudge into making fuller and more complete posts.
Or... you have a long series of posts planned out, and it makes it a bit of a pain in the ass to post. The damn profiles, even if I was all planned out would take over 20 min to all post. ;)

But yeah, 30 sec isn't really that long. In normal circumstances it shouldn't be something to complain about.
Nietzsche Heretics
02-10-2005, 21:15
Umm ... sometimes. [ speaking as one who has been banned three times! ]

woa! talk about destroying my view on the world! or as you might say it: GROAN!


you'll have to tell me all about it
Cheese penguins
02-10-2005, 21:21
Umm ... sometimes. [ speaking as one who has been banned three times! ]
considering the post count you have there i believe you have done very well to only get banned three times, some issues raised round here are on very touchy subjects.
Doujin
02-10-2005, 21:27
I haven't been banned once I don't think :D
Nietzsche Heretics
02-10-2005, 21:34
considering the post count you have there i believe you have done very well to only get banned three times, some issues raised round here are on very touchy subjects

are you suggesting that one cannot debate "touchy" subjects in a civil manner that will keep you from being banned? in that case, i beg to differ.
Czardas
02-10-2005, 21:40
I haven't been banned once I don't think :D
Nor have I, and I have even more posts — and more spam — to my name.
Nietzsche Heretics
02-10-2005, 21:47
and it's not like you're exactly keeping out of the touchy ones..
and who says you'd ever spam?! :eek:

btw i have to say that the only times i got that 30-secons message was when i was about to double-post because i though hitting the post-button hadn't worked the 1st time.
Axis Nova
02-10-2005, 22:02
Post less, Doujin.
Laerod
02-10-2005, 22:06
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WTF! When did we get this? GET RID OF IT!I usually don't post within thirty seconds of my last one, so it doesn't really bother me.
The Noble Men
02-10-2005, 22:13
It bothers me if I'm posting on one thread then post in another.
Doujin
02-10-2005, 23:19
I have a tendency to have 8-9 threads open, and so I keep getting hit with this 30 second post timer.