It's clear already the 3 post limit should remain in effect.

[cboy4]

Two locks in the first couple of minutes of the new forum? :wtf:

The limit would continue to help keep the people with, shall we say, behavioral problems in check.

Otherwise, General Discussion: Presidential will transform into GD: Primaries by eight o'clock tonight.

And we know what a disaster scene that place was, even with the posting limit in place.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Nah, the trolls that preciptated the 3 thread rule are long gone.

People are just having fun because it's a new forum.

[cboy4]

4. We'll see....you're more optimistic than I am. n/t

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

18. Those were misguided attempts at humor...

I don't think either of those posters would be effected by the limit.

[QC]

44. Not all of them. n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

2. I tend to agree with you on this.

[babylonsister]

3. Now say something positive, cboy. Come on, please? nt

[cboy4]

6. I will be voting for Obama.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

7. It aint

goin' to happen.

he makes all the rules in Tombstone.

[yardwork]

5. It's sort of like free swim at the pool. Some people can't control themselves.

The lifeguards gave them a talking too and now they're calmed down and playing marco polo over in the corner.

On the other hand, I'm going to get real tired real fast of countless "This is my fifth thread todaaaaaay!" threads.

[Drunken Irishman]

20. OMG SOMEONE POOPED IN THE POOL! EVERYONE OUT!

[pnwmom]

8. I don't follow you. What does the 3 post limit have to do with

how much nastiness there is within the discussions?

[cboy4]

11. Some of the most notorious assholes from the previoius

forum would have started a dozen threads a day if they had the chance.

Three threads kept them from making the forum completely unbearable, as opposed to "only" nearly unbearable.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

23. I agree too

except I want to be able to post 4 ops a day....:rofl:

I don't mind the 3 post rule.

[Forkboy]

9. I'm with you. I like the rule.

[gcomeau]

10. It's still the shiny new toy right now...

...give people a day or two to settle down and then we'll see. I'm pretty sure we're not going to have people trying to post that they've got the 2,781st new thread in the new forum!!!!!! by tomorrow. And there's only so long people can keep pulling out those "BREAKING!" joke threads and still think they're funny.

[JimGinPA]

12. Maybe You Could Just Limit Yourself To Three?

:shrug:

[cboy4]

16. Jim, the grace period is over, so I think you're obligated

to stop attempting to provoke me.

Did I mention your name in this thread, or is it you who decided to write and attempt to stir up shit?

[DearAbby]

13. It will calm down soon....Patience grasshopper

[Blue_Roses]

14. no, I have full faith in the mods...

we should be mature enough to handle ourselves:P

[LisaM]

15. It's not? ARRRRGHH.

Well, I guess we can hope someone crosses the line and they put it back.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. I expect that's what will happen

there's a handful of people who just can't help starting a thread every time a thought crosses their mind. "ooh look! A cat! I should start a thread"

[PBS Poll-435]

41. *snort*

:rofl:

[Name removed]

17. Deleted sub-thread

Sub-thread removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[IndianaJones]

19. alerting. ignored. nt.

[cboy4]

25. LOL

Of course, nobody knows this is an inside joke and now I'm going to get in trouble!!11!

[DS1]

21. People have to get their stupid on whenever there's a change in the system

[BeyondGeography]

24. Go Celtics

[cboy4]

27. Hold on while I give you the finger

[hokies4ever]

39. Glad that the Lakers showed up to make it a series

Kind of worried about a sweep there for a moment! :rofl:

[Renew Deal]

26. I disagree

The reason the 3 post limit came up was that a few people were posting lots of antagonistic stuff. They put in a 3 post limit and banned some of the troublemakers. I thought that banning and warning people was a better solution than the 3 post limit, but whatever.

So the 3 post limit isn't necessary now because there shouldn't be that much antagonistic stuff. Besides, DU has always been about the fast free flowing stream of news, ideas, opinion, etc..

[MonkeyFunk]

28. yes

but nobody has 20 ideas a day that warrant their own thread. There's still a couple of the original worst-offenders here, and I expect they'll be spamming this board in no time.

[Renew Deal]

29. Does it really matter?

If it's not worthwhile, it will sink anyway.

[MonkeyFunk]

31. it's called spam

it annoys most people. it overtakes the front page.

Since there's only a handful of offenders, I've always thought it would be easier to just limit THEM to 3 threads. But the admins wanted to limit it to everyone because of the behavior of about 5 people.

[cboy4]

32. Yea, well DU stopped being the "fast free throwing stream of

news, ideas, opinion, etc." which is why the three post rule was overwhelmingly approved by DU members.

There's nobody here who has more than three solid ideas/thoughts worthy of more than three separate threads in a 24-hour period.

By thread number 4, it's generally shit-stirring.

[uppityperson]

30. Patience. It will take more than a few minutes to get past the change.

[Maddy McCall]

33. Yep.

Like I said awhile ago, even Aristotle didn't have three interesting thoughts daily.

[MadBadger]

37. But a lot of people dont use their three posts for thoughts

They use it for news items, polls, etc. Thats why I always thought the rule was very limiting.

[cbayer]

34. I would be in favor of waiting just a little bit to see what happens.

In general, I favor a group that polices itself, but you could be absolutely right about this.

[Joe the Revelator]

35. NO WAY! THE THREE POST LIMIT HAS MORE THEN OVERSTAYED ITS WELCOME

[cboy4]

38. Yea I know there are going to be a certain number of

notorious abusers who don't like the limit.

[Joe the Revelator]

43. Are you talking about me? I never spammed the board....sometimes though news moves faster then 3

threads per day. I've always had that argument.

[Phillycat]

40. Just the sort of person we want posting 50 threads a day - caps lock guy.

:eyes:

[mystieus]

36. 5 post limit would be perfect.

[Phillycat]

42. Lord, yes.

So far, this forum is even more useless than the old GDP.