In a discussion about removing reply limits for new users in a private Discourse community, Budi_Tanrim reported that a member who joined 5 days ago was hitting a reply limit despite not having posted much. JammyDodger explained that the restriction is governed by the admin settings “max replies in first day” and “max topics in first day” — which apply within a 24-hour window starting from the user’s first post, not their account creation date. Budi_Tanrim confirmed the solution worked and shared a screenshot of the admin interface, advising others to search for “First Day” in settings to adjust or remove these limits. The issue was resolved by adjusting these settings to better suit the community’s active engagement needs.
Hi,
Situation:
I am building a closed or private community.
One of the members in my community has created their account for about 5 days. But he gets this message after posting replies for several times.
Desired outcome: Ideally, I don’t want to limit how many replies or topics they have in the forum. The reason is that there are many activities in my community where I encourage them to reply or create a new topic.
Question:
That is controlled by the max replies in first day admin setting (with another for max topics in first day). If you search for First Day in your admin settings it should bring them both up. 
Just as an added bit of interesting info 
, the 24 hour window where these apply starts from their first post rather than their signup date.
Thanks, @JammyDodger now it makes sense because the member just started to post today.
Problem solved.
For other people who might face a similar issue:
Type the First Day, and this should solve the problem.
