# What is the point of limiting new users to three replies per topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [1 בינואר,‏ 2014,‏ 6:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696 "2014-01-01T18:54:12Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [3 במאי,‏ 2014,‏ 10:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/21 "2014-05-03T22:44:50Z")

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Also @sam that error message was finally improved per your suggestion. Note what happened in the background of this image:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/6/6b2add142b4ac7132b474f2f15f3b37c51edcbe9.png)

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 9:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/22 "2025-12-04T09:41:18Z")

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