[Suggestion] Waiting Time Between Posts

Intellectualist · Aug 24, 2013

MoofinK said: ↑

I believe the flood timer was 20 seconds in the past - it was bumped up to 30 seconds. Even with 30 seconds, we can still get spam (you would be surprised, but I've seen some pretty nasty forum spam attacks with 30 second limits). Rather curious since if you do the math you can post twice in a minute. Basically, if you wanted to post 120 spam posts it would take you an hour if you timed it perfectly. Then again I'm not staff/never been staff so I'll have to take your word on it.

As well, I agree with some of the others; it would diminish Forum Gold and Forum Lite. Some things need to be kept exclusive; especially on a donation "feature" that some can say already lacks for its price. Not everyone can get what they want... And in the case of anything that requires real life donation (in this case, strictly so), there is often much less "leniency" and flexibility.

On another note, the average WPM is 25-40, roughly. That is more than enough time for most people. (Personally, I type up to (and higher than) 98WPM. However, I relax and go down to 65WPM average.) This is not even including time some people spend to proofread, rephrase, edit, consider the person(s) they are talking to, vocabulary choices, etc. So even as a fast type, 30 seconds should still not get in the way. Curious how you got that average, it seems very very slow.

If you are going faster than your limit, put a little more effort into your posts / extend them / read more / give some more thought. This may not be the case on Forum Games, Off-Topic, Pictures, etc., but those are more for fun... Why should we lower the flood limit for the reason of "fun," when there is the threat of spammers and spam attacks? (As I said before, you'd be surprised at what people can do. I have seven years of forum lurking, posting, and moderating. Advancing technology goes for all parties, too, so it isn't much of an excuse.)
Personally I only pre-proof read on thread posts, but I do re-read my posts after posting then and sometimes do change words. Regardless I still end up catching the 30 second limit even with extended posts with all I can say.
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