# 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 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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作者： ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
发布日期： [2014 年1 月 2 日 05:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/7 "2014-01-02T05:51:11Z")

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I don’t feel any of this conversation is on topic here – the issue was on _a topic the user created_ he wanted to reply more than 3 times. That is easily addressable without a bunch of scope creep. If it is your topic, I think you have a reasonable Manifest Destiny claim that you should be able to dominate _your own topic_ with a zillion replies.

We also absolutely do not want to make people wait a whole day to get out of the new user sandbox.

Also have you even tried it? You get a small post it note notification above the typing area when you start typing that we won’t be accepting the post after you type a few characters. I suggest trying it yourself on [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) to see how it works, #1 is not even true.

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