Why is max bookmarks per day so low?

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The discussion revolves around the default max bookmarks per day limit of 20 in a forum. notriddle questions the reason behind this low limit, wondering if it’s due to potential spam, performance issues, or other factors. Lilly explains that the limit can be changed in the admin settings. Arkshine provides three possible reasons for the low limit: preventing spam and abuse, performance considerations due to potential load problems, and encouraging users to be more selective with their bookmarks to promote quality over quantity.

1

I’m getting a PM from a user about how they’re hitting the max bookmarks limit. Apparently, the default bookmarks per day limit is 20.

Is there some reason why the limit is so low? Is there some source of overhead that could cause it to slow down the forum if it was raised? Is there some way to use them for spam or manipulation that I don’t know about?

2

Hi @notriddle :wave:

The default can be changed in admin-settings - max bookmarks per day:

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3

I can think at least three reasons:

  1. To prevent spam and abuse.
  2. For performance reasons. In the past, there have been issues where creating too many bookmarks would cause load problems on the website. Even though these issues have been fixed, it is possible that some unforeseen situations could still occur.
  3. To improve user experience. By limiting the number of bookmarks a user can create, it encourages them to be more selective about the content they save. This ultimately promotes quality over quantity.

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