xxAmandaxx Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Ok, Im a very fast typer - I type as part of my job, so Im awfully good at it.Therefore I find it mightily annoying when I want to go and post another comment somewhere and I have to wait for the Flood Control sign to go away...I mean, I can understand that you dont want people making those automatic posts whatever they are called...but is it really necessary to have an 80 second wait? How about 40 seconds?Maybe Im wrong about this, but does anyone else hate the flood control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian 1200 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Ok, Im a very fast typer - I type as part of my job, so Im awfully good at it.Therefore I find it mightily annoying when I want to go and post another comment somewhere and I have to wait for the Flood Control sign to go away...I mean, I can understand that you dont want people making those automatic posts whatever they are called...but is it really necessary to have an 80 second wait? How about 40 seconds?Maybe Im wrong about this, but does anyone else hate the flood control?<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I had flood control when i was trying to reply here And flood control really pisses me off seeing as im such a postwhore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnar Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yes, I hate it very much. It actually happened right now, when I was trying to respond in this thread. I had to sit and wait about a minute before I could post. Very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yea, I mean asshole control, or pointless thread control would be more necessary. Flood control is just a pest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 Yes, I hate it very much. It actually happened right now, when I was trying to respond in this thread. I had to sit and wait about a minute before I could post. Very annoying.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yea it happened just then when I tried to go from that last post, to responding to this one...VERY VERY ANNOYING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian 1200 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 No but seriously the least admin could do is chop the flood control down to 60 second's at the most I hope i dont get banned for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 I think it should be around 40 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_vonen Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Do a search and you'll find threads where it has been discussed before, couldn't find the exact one I was looking for, but here is one:Beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 4, 2005 Author Share Posted July 4, 2005 oH OK THANKS. I learnt that I can just look at porn for the 80 sec wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid snake 89 Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 oH OK THANKS. I learnt that I can just look at porn for the 80 sec wait. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>It takes you 80 secs? j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*bad obsession* Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 I hope i dont get banned for that <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Yes..truly something that you would say to get you banned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr_rocks Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 Flood control sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillian Posted July 4, 2005 Share Posted July 4, 2005 who needs it?....this forum does... it helps slow down postwhores and spammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 I knew about spammers, but it only slows down post whores, it doesnt stop them. So unless youre a spammer, it seems a bit annoying. I see the need for it, but 80 seconds just seems a bit too long is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillian Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 I knew about spammers, but it only slows down post whores, it doesnt stop them. So unless youre a spammer, it seems a bit annoying. I see the need for it, but 80 seconds just seems a bit too long is all.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>if i do remember correctly (and I could be wrong) i think it was either bumped up to 80 after the club incident or the irs... wither way threads were growing waaaaaay to fast within minutes you'd already be on the 10th page.this will prevent that from happening so fast. Flood control makes me do other things while I am on here... its good... it makes it so your not always staring at the forum and maybe see other people's opninions on the matter before having to jump in with your own two cents all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Oh I see. That makes a lot of sense thanks Gillian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almost Famous Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 It was bumped from 70 to 80 after the server crashed on April 1st due to a clip of IRS being leaked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Okay B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 The flood-control mechanism is there for a reason, and it won't be going away. We've had problems in the past with certain troublemakers flooding the forum with dozens of nonsense threads for laughs - and they wound up pushing all of the legitimate threads off the front page of the forum. The flood-control slows them down, which helps if no mods are on the forum when they do this. If the flood-control wasn't in place, the spammers could do a lot of damage and totally ruin the forum. That's why it's there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solid snake 89 Posted July 5, 2005 Share Posted July 5, 2005 Flood control > Spammers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAmandaxx Posted July 5, 2005 Author Share Posted July 5, 2005 Ok, thank to all for clearing this issue up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madison Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 30 or 60 perhaps. 80 is just too long... That won't be happening anytime soon.In fact, lately I've been wondering if we should increase the flood control so that more people would actually read existing threads before starting a new thread on a topic that's already being discussed. It gets pretty frustrating when people start multiple threads on the same topic -- especially when the topic is already being discussed on the same page! Increasing the flood control might also stop the recent surge in nonsense/crap threads, where people seem to just start a thread on whatever thought pops into their heads at the time instead of making threads with thoughtful intelligent topics that everybody can discuss and debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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