# Issues when using slow mode on a topic forever

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** slow-mode\
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607 "2021-04-10T06:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![dfabulich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dfabulich/32/108716_2.png) [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607/45 "2023-08-13T14:28:26Z")

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Has anyone ever seen a real life case of someone abusing edits to circumvent slow mode?

IMO, this supposed risk was totally overblown. Jeff was certain that editing posts would be abused, but it’s literally never happened. Not even once!

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