# 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:** [2014年一月1日 18:54 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:** ![larry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/larry/32/268016_2.png) [@larry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/larry)\
**Post date:** [2014年三月26日 20:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/18 "2014-03-26T20:16:15Z")

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This limit is really confusing. There’s an interesting discussion going on in [Using OneName/Namecoin blockchain as global nickname registry](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-onename-namecoin-blockchain-as-global-nickname-registry/14057)

@Jeremy and I asked @ryanshea some additional questions but he ran into this 3 post per thread limit after he had written up a long reply. He emailed reply to me, so now i have the answers, but no one else does.

I guess this is ultimately my fault because I forgot (until I started this post) that Discourse has an invite system that avoids this and instead just sent him a link to the topic. But it’s still annoying.

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