Posting limit reached

[Phil_MCR]

Not sure if this is some sort of safety device or whether I'm the first to reach it but yesterday, I was prevented from posting as I reached my daily posting limit.

Has anyone else had this before? If not, do I win a prize?

[Upthehatters2008]

	Quote:	Phil_MCR
	Not sure if this is some sort of safety device or whether I'm the first to reach it but yesterday, I was prevented from posting as I reached my daily posting limit. Has anyone else had this before? If not, do I win a prize?

Same here , intermittently. Me and DB hit it a while back, Ouchboy more recently.

[Kittster]

LIB famously reached it a month ago, it's to stop users from flooding the forum...

[Dougal's Breakfast]

If you reach 4% of the daily total of posts, or 2% of the weekly total, you are prevented from posting until everyone else catches up.

It's to prevent one or two voices drowning out those of the rest of the forum.

I think it's an excellent idea.

[weejeem]

	Quote:	Upthehatters2008
	Same here , intermittently. Me and DB hit it a while back, Ouchboy more recently.

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[Sada]

How many posts per day is the limit?

[Dougal's Breakfast]

	Quote:	Sada
	How many posts per day is the limit?

It depends on how lively the forum is.

One can hit the limit quite quickly on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Apparently...

[Deep Purple]

You can always check your posting levels here. http://www.englishforum.ch/xtra/posting_averages.php

The cut out level is 4.0% of the total posts in a day or 2.0% in a week.
The exact number will vary depending on the total number of posts in any given day.

Currently, the limits are around 30 posts in a day or 160 in a week

[Sada]

Oh cool. So if everyone posts away like wildfire the better the chances for everyone to stay in right!!!

[Dougal's Breakfast]

	Quote:	Sada
	Oh cool. So if everyone posts away like wildfire the better the chances for everyone to stay in right!!!

I consider it more as an invitation to think before posting, lest we squander our meagre rations on pointless drivel and flaming.

As you can see, it works a treat.

[weejeem]

	Quote:	Deep Purple
	You can always check your posting levels here. http://www.englishforum.ch/xtra/posting_averages.php

So that explains Wolli's "why make a single mulitipost when I can make twelve individual posts"!

[Deep Purple]

	Quote:	Sada
	Oh cool. So if everyone posts away like wildfire the better the chances for everyone to stay in right!!!

If all the members who only post occasionally, posted around 10 posts a day, the limit would be over 1000 instead of 30

[RetiredInNH]

One more reason to be parsimonious in my posting ... average a wee bit below one post per day

[Odile]

	Quote:	Dougal's Breakfast
	I consider it more as an invitation to think before posting, lest we squander our meagre rations on pointless drivel and flaming. As you can see, it works a treat.

Problem is, comes a time when you have to choose between 'drivel' or 'helpful advice'.
No prize for guessing which one I choose when I get to limit

[monkeynut]

i think its to do with the quality control filter

[grumpygit]

The limiter only kicks in just when you have something really important to say

[Carlos R]

	Quote:	grumpygit
	The limiter only kicks in just when think you have something really important to say

FTFY

Most annoying feature of this site

[mirfield]

	Quote:	porsch1909
	Most annoying feature of this site

More annoying than the 10 character limit?

Or the lolcats?

Or everything being marked as read while you're perusing a long thread?

[Helm]

omg

I'm number 13... I... I... need to go back to work...