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Shack Posting Caps

by Steve Gibson, Jul 31, 2000 6:15am PDT

Something I've been getting a lot of email about lately is the 'chatty' nature of comments recently. Specifically people holding conversations in comments that really should be held in private. It has gotten a bit out of hand lately I agree, so I'm considering a scaling cap on # of posts per User/IP in given time frames. Something along these lines which I am very open to suggestions:

- 3 posts per minute - 10 posts per 5 minutes - 15 posts per 10minutes - posting caps not applied to werd/firstpost/wack stories
These caps would be applied across threads. (Meaning 3 posts per minute total by a given user for all threads exclusing werd) The framework for this stuff is already in place and could be applied as early as tomorrow, its just a question of if the majority wants it. I think it may be an interesting experiment to try out while we wait for the next experiment (karma).




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  • Put a limit on everything...
    I remember when the comments first started, I would read them and find interesting post, and plenty of porn. Heres the typical day now.

    #1 By: FirstBlow [Jul 31st 2000, 05:09 pm]
    X * T I M E T R A V E L 'D *

    #2 By: King Dong [Jul 31st 2000, 05:07 pm]
    X First Post! Sorry sacks of horse shit!

    #69 By: Joe Bob [Jul 31st 2000, 05:09 pm]
    X Hey Fuckers.

    #70 By: Bill [Jul 31st 2000, 05:09 pm]
    X #70, Eat shit you lamer.

    #71 By: Cockboy [Jul 31st 2000, 05:10 pm]
    X #70, Go to hell you bastard Troll.

    #72 By: Pussyboy [Jul 31st 2000, 05:11 pm]
    X #70, Go to hell you bastard monkey.

    #73 By: Cockboy [Jul 31st 2000, 05:11 pm]
    X #72, We almost posted the same thing hehe, were cool.

    #74 By: Pussyboy [Jul 31st 2000, 05:12 pm]
    X #73, Yeah dude, Hey want to play some Quake 3 Arena?

    #75 By: Cockboy [Jul 31st 2000, 05:12 pm]
    X #74, Yeah sure mister pussy, lets go to 1231.12321.1231 .. cya there.

    #76 By: Duke Nuked [Jul 31st 2000, 05:13 pm]
    X * N U K E D *

    #77 By: Wankster [Jul 31st 2000, 05:13 pm]
    X OMG, YOU GOD DAMN FAGGOT PIG FUCKER.

    etc.


    Well after a while reading the comments on da Shack becomes quite tedious, savae for the few that post inane (word?) dribble. I think that setting a cap will decrease the number of dipshit comments, that waste everyones time, and saves everyone a braincell or two that would be lost from reading the garbage. First's post are cool, chats and spam are not. Save your chats and love letters and what not for Shackmail or something god dammmmmit. Its late, sue me.

    R A N T 'D and stuff.