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#1 2011-04-17 19:06:57

thebuilderdd
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Registered: 2008-01-26
Posts: 1000+

Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

Make it like 2 or 3 minutes instead. 6 minutes is buzzare!!! How is pythonlibrary supposed to post with a 6 minute in-between! Please make it shorter.

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#2 2011-04-17 19:17:27

Harakou
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Registered: 2009-10-11
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Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

The time limit was imposed to prevent damage by spammers. Putting a limit on new scratchers gives mods a chance to react before a ton of threads get spammed.


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#3 2011-04-17 19:21:39

thebuilderdd
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Registered: 2008-01-26
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Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

Harakou wrote:

The time limit was imposed to prevent damage by spammers. Putting a limit on new scratchers gives mods a chance to react before a ton of threads get spammed.

We have a time thing too, but 6 minutes is horrible!!!

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#4 2011-04-18 01:00:25

kayybee
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Registered: 2009-12-07
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Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

So you'd rather have the forums get spammed by spammers who can post faster?

And so there'd be more spammers and the 6 minute rule will be in place again.

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#5 2011-04-18 03:35:15

Clank23
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Registered: 2011-03-01
Posts: 1000+

Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

Yes,
i know it is harsh on some people but,
spamming is much worse.


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#6 2011-04-18 06:47:49

scimonster
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Registered: 2010-06-13
Posts: 1000+

Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

kayybee wrote:

So you'd rather have the forums get spammed by spammers who can post faster?

And so there'd be more spammers and the 6 minute rule will be in place again.

Or worse, it would be back to the original 1000 second rule.

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#7 2011-04-18 08:52:47

thebuilderdd
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Registered: 2008-01-26
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Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

scimonster wrote:

kayybee wrote:

So you'd rather have the forums get spammed by spammers who can post faster?

And so there'd be more spammers and the 6 minute rule will be in place again.

Or worse, it would be back to the original 1000 second rule.

When was that?  yikes

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#8 2011-04-18 19:06:09

hmnwilson
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Registered: 2007-07-04
Posts: 1000+

Re: Make the new scratcher in-between posts shorter

thebuilderdd wrote:

scimonster wrote:

kayybee wrote:

So you'd rather have the forums get spammed by spammers who can post faster?

And so there'd be more spammers and the 6 minute rule will be in place again.

Or worse, it would be back to the original 1000 second rule.

When was that?  yikes

Back in June, when they first introduced the New Scratcher rule.

I do agree that 6 minutes is too long, as even just 3 minutes would slow spammers down considerably. Either way, though, it's up to the Scratch Team to decide how much is reasonable.


I'm taking a break from Scratch until 2.0 comes out. Any messages sent between then and now probably won't be read - sorry.
(Oct. 20, 2011)

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