limited number of comments per account/time

Posted Nov 20, 2003 8:04 UTC (Thu) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link]

limiting the number of posts allowed can be a significant problem in some cases.

there have been a couple articles recently when one person who the article was strongly related to posted a dozen or more times in a few hour (Bruce Perns in the comments about his new desktop linux plans is a perfect example) these exchanges are some of the most valuble and shutting someone up quickly becouse they had already make comments elsewhere is a bad idea.

my initial reaction to the proposal was to think it's a good thing, especially if coupled with subscriber-only comments on the basis that the trolls could still post from multiple accounts, but they would at least have to pay more to do so, but the senerio above looks like a bigger drawback then the advantage it would provide.

Posted Nov 20, 2003 11:19 UTC (Thu) by minichaz (subscriber, #630) [Link]

This is not a good idea. Firstly, trolls and others can set up as many accounts as they like so this does not help at all. Secondly, you're limiting the freedom of paying customers to post as much as they like which is not fair.

Posted Nov 21, 2003 16:59 UTC (Fri) by Wout (subscriber, #8750) [Link]

I agree in part with noxxi's post. If registration is required for posting, then setting a delay of one day or even a week before new accounts can post would stop most abusive posts. If a user posts abusive messages after the initial delay has passed, simply remove the ability to post from his/her account for ever.

Registration of bogus accounts could be made (slightly) harder by requiring a valid email address. Limit accounts to one per email address and verify the address by sending the account password to it.