# 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 1 月 1 日午後 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:** ![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:** [2014 年 5 月 3 日午後 10:44 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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