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#1 2010-06-26 10:45:32
- soiherduliekmudkipz
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- Registered: 2010-02-21
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1000 second rule
I haven't been on the new tbg yet, and earlier today when I went on them, I found out that I had to wait 1000 seconds instead of 60 seconds. I'm guessing that's only for new users to the forum and that includes the tbg too. So now, I'm thinking 1000 is a little much, don't you think? Maybe 200 seconds, but 1000? Now, this is probably to prevent spam from younger, newer users, who don't know how to use the forums, but still. What do you guys think of it?
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#3 2010-06-26 15:24:44
- Blade-Edge
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- Registered: 2009-06-13
- Posts: 1000+
Re: 1000 second rule
They also have no search functionality.
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#4 2010-06-26 15:29:32
- Wolfie1996
- Retired Community Moderator
- Registered: 2009-07-08
- Posts: 1000+
Re: 1000 second rule
Moving to Suggestions 
"...Jargon - the practice of never calling a spade a spade, when you might instead call it a manual earth-restructing implement..." - Bill Bryson, Mother Tongue
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#6 2010-06-26 21:15:40
- Jonathanpb
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- Registered: 2008-07-25
- Posts: 1000+
Re: 1000 second rule
The restrictions on new users was to try and stop a large wave of spammers... they had to make the wait between posts that long... 
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#7 2010-06-26 22:01:04
- Jimmy-Jermaine
- New Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-06-25
- Posts: 100+
Re: 1000 second rule
But the main forum's rule for new members has been shortened to 600 seconds already. Maybe the Scratch team just forgot about the TBG forum. They should at least make the 17 minute rule into 10 minutes like here. Also New Members can't make topics on the TBG, which is a terrible idea. Even the main forums aren't limited that much.
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#8 2010-06-26 22:06:43
Re: 1000 second rule
Jimmy-Jermaine wrote:
But the main forum's rule for new members has been shortened to 600 seconds already. Maybe the Scratch team just forgot about the TBG forum. They should at least make the 17 minute rule into 10 minutes like here. Also New Members can't make topics on the TBG, which is a terrible idea. Even the main forums aren't limited that much.
The TBG forum has many less users and is much more obscure, and thus doesn't need the same level of protection.
I don't think they need a 600 second rule there 
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#9 2010-06-26 22:31:28
- Jimmy-Jermaine
- New Scratcher
- Registered: 2010-06-25
- Posts: 100+
Re: 1000 second rule
It actually needs less protection. This New Scratchers thing looks like it came recently. What in god's name happened to make these restrictions to new members start?
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#10 2010-06-26 22:47:13
- samurai768
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- Registered: 2009-07-21
- Posts: 1000+
Re: 1000 second rule
Jimmy-Jermaine wrote:
It actually needs less protection. This New Scratchers thing looks like it came recently. What in god's name happened to make these restrictions to new members start?
Trolls. LOTS OF THEM.
They kept on posting innapropriate images and everytime they got banned, they used a proxy server to make a new account.
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