Also, just wanted to point out other discussion rate limits in Discourse that kick in, depending on thresholds in site settings
Pop-up reminders for all users
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Replying to the same topic too much (dominating the conversation)
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Replying to the same person in the same topic too much (get a room)
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Multiple sequential replies
Limits for all users
- Max 20 new topics per day
Specific to new (trust level 0) users only
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can’t reply to the same topic more than 3 times until another not-new user replies to them first
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must wait 120 seconds after creating a topic before creating another new topic
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must wait 30 seconds after posting before creating another post
Specific to users in their first day after posting for the first time, regardless of trust level
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can only create a maximum of 3 topics
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can only create a maximum of 10 replies
One thing that has been discussed is a limit on the number of sequential replies a person can make to a topic, and I definitely support that, but I also think a limit on length is necessary to go along with it – otherwise you could keep editing your last reply to make it longer and longer.
Or for that matter only reply 3 times, but each reply is 10,000 words…