Is this possible? At the minute it seems that a user can submit an unlimited number of posts. There are limits of posts/topics published per day but this doesn’t seem to affect the review queue.
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Users are discussing whether it’s possible to limit the number of posts a user can submit to the review queue, particularly to prevent abuse by moderated or silenced users who might flood the queue with repeated posts. Jonathan5 raises the concern that unlimited submissions can be exploited to cause disruption, suggesting either a per-user post limit or the ability to bulk-reject multiple posts at once in the moderation queue. mcwumbly confirms no built-in feature currently exists but notes that bulk moderation tools might help address the issue. markersocial supports the idea, citing daily frustrations with users resubmitting identical posts during first-post approval, which complicates moderation and wastes time. tobiaseigen acknowledges the feedback and confirms that improvements to the review queue are underway, including features to better handle bad actors and streamline moderation workflows. The conversation highlights a need for better queue controls to reduce moderator burden and prevent system abuse.
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I don’t think there is any built in way to do this currently.
Have you encountered a scenario where you feel like this kind of thing would be helpful?
If so, can you share a bit more about it?
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It would be easy for someone subject to moderation (including a silenced user who enters anonymous mode) to submit dozens of posts just to be a pain in the neck.
An alternative to limiting the number of posts per user might be the ability to deal with multiple posts at once in the moderation queue (e.g. reject all by this user, or just reject all).
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I believe there are some nascent plans to support bulk actions in the review queue that may help with this.
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This would be extremely useful imo, this has been a persistent daily issue for me.
E.g. a user’s post is in review (first post approval) and they proceed to keep re-submitting the same post repeatedly without any limit.
It can get quite hard to follow when these repeat posts are weaved in with pending posts from several other users.
Like mentioned by OP, it circumvents options like max topics/posts per day and associated rate limits for new users, presumably because it doesn’t count as a post.
I’ve slipped this across to Contribute > Feature. Improvements are underway to the review-queue, including measures to make it easier to deal with bad actors who might want to try to flood the review queue.
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