I think perhaps a better way to do this is automatically limit number of posts per category per day per user. That is, every user gets 3 posts (or whatever number is comfortable) they can make in the Politics category per day.
codinghorror
(Jeff Atwood)
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| Topic | Replies | Views | Activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limit # topic posts / user / month | 21 | 1716 | December 18, 2023 | |
| Limit the amount of topics per user in a specific category | 6 | 2037 | November 22, 2023 | |
| Post Rate Limit Trigger for a topic that's heating up | 69 | 13192 | August 14, 2025 | |
| Restrict posting in a category until they "like" a topic | 13 | 579 | February 27, 2026 | |
| Limitation of post per day in a category | 1 | 1186 | March 11, 2018 |