Flood control too intrusive, 60 second delay for posting seems at least twice too long |
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Flood control too intrusive, 60 second delay for posting seems at least twice too long |
 Mar 28 2009, 11:21
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 Group: Members Posts: 3212 Joined: 29-October 08 From: USA, 48236 Member No.: 61311  |
I'nm getting dinged all the time by the flood control mesasge.
60 seconds seems to be just too long. Was 30 seconds tried and found to be too short, or did someone just put in 60 seconds without a lot of thought or experience? |
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Mar 28 2009, 15:29
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 Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 2359 Joined: 30-November 07 Member No.: 49158 |
I'm sure it helps a lot to decrease the amount of crap a spammer can post during his five minutes of fame when he gets through.
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Mar 28 2009, 18:13
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 Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3268 Joined: 26-July 02 From: princegeorge.ca Member No.: 2796 |
Yeah, the amount of spam this forum receives is absolutely atrocious. Sorry for the inconvenience Arnold.
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Mar 28 2009, 18:27
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Group: Members Posts: 3212 Joined: 29-October 08 From: USA, 48236 Member No.: 61311 |
QUOTE (Canar @ Mar 28 2009, 13:13)  Yeah, the amount of spam this forum receives is absolutely atrocious. Since I rarely if ever see any, then you're saying that hidden workers are constantly scanning for it and making it go away? |
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Mar 28 2009, 18:53
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Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3268 Joined: 26-July 02 From: princegeorge.ca Member No.: 2796 |
You got it. It's a war.
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Mar 28 2009, 19:02
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Group: Members Posts: 727 Joined: 23-November 04 Member No.: 18295 |
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Mar 28 2009, 19:19
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Group: Super Moderator Posts: 3268 Joined: 26-July 02 From: princegeorge.ca Member No.: 2796 |
This post has been edited by Canar: Mar 28 2009, 19:19 -------------------- (atrix|(fb2k->e-mu 0404 usb|audio 8 dj))->hd280|jvc ha-fx35-b
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Mar 29 2009, 03:11
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 Group: Members (Donating) Posts: 1983 Joined: 4-January 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 10933 |
FWIW, I hit the 60 second thing a lot too.
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Feb 9 2010, 19:02
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Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 17-December 09 Member No.: 76083 |
QUOTE (Axon @ Mar 29 2009, 03:11) FWIW, I hit the 60 second thing a lot too. Me too. Nevertheless, I understand the reasoning. But why is the "flood control" applied before even starting to create a topic or reply and not when posting? I'd say this thing drives the regulars nuts, or do they have other facilities to post? |
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Feb 10 2010, 00:52
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 REACT Mod developer Group: Developer Posts: 929 Joined: 14-November 07 From: Finland Member No.: 48750 |
Never seen any flood control messages.. am I slow? I think I can be counted as regular. I'm sure that we would have seen more crying about this if it would affect lots of users.
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Feb 10 2010, 02:31
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 Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 4321 Joined: 1-November 06 From: Cincinnati Member No.: 37036 |
QUOTE (Akkurat @ Feb 9 2010, 18:52) Never seen any flood control messages.. am I slow? Could it be you use  a lot?I imagine this is more annoying if you compose most of your posts using the  or  buttons frequently.[edit]Nevermind, I don't think you have one since you are in the Developer group. But I think the above was relevant to me before I was modded about a year ago, and I posted a ton. 
This post has been edited by shakey_snake: Feb 10 2010, 02:38 -------------------- "It must be 'Take A Worm For A Walk' week!"
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Feb 10 2010, 12:56
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REACT Mod developer Group: Developer Posts: 929 Joined: 14-November 07 From: Finland Member No.: 48750 |
I've started to use the fast reply a lot more often lately but I use the reply/add reply buttons too occasionally. So it could be that only normal members are affected? Ok, still, I think that we would (have) see(n) more posts about this if it would be a big problem.
EDIT: QUOTE But why is the "flood control" applied before even starting to create a topic or reply and not when posting? That's a good question! Harder to implement that way I guess.. This post has been edited by Akkurat: Feb 10 2010, 13:00 |
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Feb 17 2010, 20:54
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QUOTE (JFierce7 @ Feb 9 2010, 10:02) QUOTE (Axon @ Mar 29 2009, 03:11) FWIW, I hit the 60 second thing a lot too. Me too. Nevertheless, I understand the reasoning. But why is the "flood control" applied before even starting to create a topic or reply and not when posting? I'd say this thing drives the regulars nuts, or do they have other facilities to post? I hit it all the time. -------------------- -----
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Mar 25 2010, 22:08
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Would it be easy to implement a function which decreases it for users with a sufficient postcount?
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Mar 28 2010, 00:11
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Group: Members Posts: 3212 Joined: 29-October 08 From: USA, 48236 Member No.: 61311 |
QUOTE (Woodinville @ Feb 17 2010, 15:54) QUOTE (JFierce7 @ Feb 9 2010, 10:02) QUOTE (Axon @ Mar 29 2009, 03:11) FWIW, I hit the 60 second thing a lot too. Me too. Nevertheless, I understand the reasoning. But why is the "flood control" applied before even starting to create a topic or reply and not when posting? I'd say this thing drives the regulars nuts, or do they have other facilities to post? I hit it all the time. +1 |
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Mar 28 2010, 03:15
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Group: Members Posts: 229 Joined: 28-October 05 Member No.: 25414 |
It gets me mostly when I am posting an upload, plus a post linking to it.
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Apr 10 2010, 01:46
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 Group: Members Posts: 581 Joined: 17-August 09 Member No.: 72373 |
I get the flood error if it has been less than 1 minute between posting and hitting a reply button (on another thread). I like read everything before I start posting - seems like a good policy. I'd not get the error (and I think we'd still be protected from spammers) if the 1 minute was measured from reply to reply or post to post.
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Apr 10 2010, 03:45
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Group: Members Posts: 109 Joined: 1-February 04 Member No.: 11678 |
I hit this quite frequently also.
And its not like the site is going get suddenly DoS'ed in the face if its dropped to 15 seconds. |
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Nov 9 2010, 13:28
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Group: Members Posts: 3212 Joined: 29-October 08 From: USA, 48236 Member No.: 61311 |
QUOTE (Qest @ Apr 9 2010, 21:45) I hit this quite frequently also. And its not like the site is going get suddenly DoS'ed in the face if its dropped to 15 seconds. Amen, brother! |
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Nov 9 2010, 13:31
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 Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 18-June 06 From: Germany Member No.: 31980 |
I already hit this wall after having answered a quick foobar question and then wanting to begin writing another answer elsewhere. Could maybe just the "submit reply" action have this time limit, not calling the "add reply" form?
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Nov 9 2010, 17:22
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 Group: Members Posts: 1051 Joined: 16-February 08 From: NL Member No.: 51347 |
I hit the wall only sometimes, but it's a convenient way of making me stop and think about my posts a bit more. There has been one instance where I decided to scrap a big one because it was just vague incoherent crap anyway.
QUOTE (Canar @ Mar 28 2009, 18:53) QUOTE (Arnold B. Krueger @ Mar 28 2009, 18:27) Since I rarely if ever see any, then you're saying that hidden workers are constantly scanning for it and making it go away? You got it. It's a war. Ain't it the truth! On a forum I admin, I've had to install some greasemonkey scripts to aid my goal of fast cleaning up a mess and keep from going insane. Staff is usually quicker than the users who report spam anyway. 
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Nov 10 2010, 16:54
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Group: FB2K Moderator Posts: 2359 Joined: 30-November 07 Member No.: 49158 |
Oh this limit would have helped so much back on the old HA server, when things got sluggish and people furiously tried to get their posts through...
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Dec 12 2010, 13:35
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 Server Admin Group: Admin Posts: 4808 Joined: 24-September 01 Member No.: 13 |
QUOTE (Porcus @ Mar 25 2010, 22:08) Would it be easy to implement a function which decreases it for users with a sufficient postcount? Sounds reasonable. |
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