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

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Janvier 1, 2014, 6:54 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:** ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Post date:** [Janvier 3, 2014, 1:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/16 "2014-01-03T01:20:16Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> Anyway we can add “account must be 24 hours or older” to the new user priv, and communicate it to users somehow. I want users to learn what they need to do to become “regular” users.

This still seems a sensible thing to do as well… no?

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