Slow mode includes edit suggestion even when editing is restricted

[maiki]

Hi Elijah.

@anon44628144

I tried to post a new reply and was met by the error telling me not to post more than 3 times consecutively. First of all, that was my third post so it shouldn’t have triggered that.

When I visit the URL I see four consecutive responses from you.

That isn’t a message from the “slow mode”, it’s a setting called max consecutive replies, which defaults to 3:

@anon44628144

Secondly, it told me to edit a post instead. I can’t edit a post because that feature is disabled (on that topic). Thus, it recommended that I do something which I could not do.

The message may be shown in many contexts, and it does recommend a path forward: “or wait for someone to reply to you”.

I think in most cases the combination of slow mode and max consecutive replies works for site operators and would not be considered a bug.

Did you have a suggested change?