# 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： ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
发布日期： [2014 年1 月 2 日 06:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-point-of-limiting-new-users-to-three-replies-per-topic/11696/8 "2014-01-02T06:02:59Z")

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Point #1 still stands ALSO, it is a **lie** this is not a “new user” restriction, its a restriction on accounts that are less than 24 hours old:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/b/bd36dcd3d6427c804afb164073d6effd9a24deee.png) 

Point #2 still stands:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/c/c972d5ecd2beafda664d6f1b4dd90dfebe6c5309.png) 

Both of these are bugs in my mind if we are keeping this “secret santa” behavior for accounts that are less than 24 hours

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