Posting delay

John Carter · 16-02-2007, 12:40 PM

Now that we've got the new member approval thing going on, can we get rid of the mechanism which prevents us from posting too soon after another post?

It annoys the heck out of my when I want to quickly edit a typo.

mkpdavies · 16-02-2007, 02:50 PM

Problem is it wasn't put in place because of the Robots, but the intentionaly attack merchants, who could still quite easily get in.

John Carter · 16-02-2007, 04:31 PM

Ahhh.

So what about getting rid of it for the tried and trusted members whilst still keeping the newbs regulated? Feasible?

mkpdavies · 16-02-2007, 04:45 PM

Dunno, that ones for the Butcherman. Would be nice, but I don't think it is.

Maybe a mod available? Over to Alex and Ant the nerds.

Alex McKee · 16-02-2007, 07:36 PM

Theoretically, you could tye it in to the session management and link it with the value of $user['user_posts'] but it's a lot of work for very little convenience.

It bugs the hell out of me too, but there you go.

Alex

blank_frackis · 19-02-2007, 08:43 PM

Is there any way to make it so that edits aren't included? I doubt there is, but for me at least this only bothers me when I'm editing a post, I rarely (if ever) have typed a fresh post up so quickly that the delay is a problem. I can't see how repetitive editing would be a problem with spam bots either.

Anthony Butcher · 20-02-2007, 12:20 AM

I have dropped it to 20 seconds (from 30).

John Carter · 20-02-2007, 01:29 AM

Thanks Ant - we'll see if that's any less annoying.

16-02-2007, 12:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	Posting delay Now that we've got the new member approval thing going on, can we get rid of the mechanism which prevents us from posting too soon after another post? It annoys the heck out of my when I want to quickly edit a typo.

16-02-2007, 02:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,615	Problem is it wasn't put in place because of the Robots, but the intentionaly attack merchants, who could still quite easily get in. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

16-02-2007, 04:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,615	Dunno, that ones for the Butcherman. Would be nice, but I don't think it is. Maybe a mod available? Over to Alex and Ant the nerds. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

19-02-2007, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
blank_frackis Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 306 $blank_frackis is just starting out$	Is there any way to make it so that edits aren't included? I doubt there is, but for me at least this only bothers me when I'm editing a post, I rarely (if ever) have typed a fresh post up so quickly that the delay is a problem. I can't see how repetitive editing would be a problem with spam bots either.
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16-02-2007, 04:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	Ahhh. So what about getting rid of it for the tried and trusted members whilst still keeping the newbs regulated? Feasible?

16-02-2007, 07:36 PM	#5 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,542	Theoretically, you could tye it in to the session management and link it with the value of $user['user_posts'] but it's a lot of work for very little convenience. It bugs the hell out of me too, but there you go. Alex

20-02-2007, 12:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
Anthony Butcher Administrator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Long Ashton, Bristol Posts: 9,454 Party: None	I have dropped it to 20 seconds (from 30).

20-02-2007, 01:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
John Carter Uber Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: On Sabbatical Posts: 5,110	Thanks Ant - we'll see if that's any less annoying.