I've gone ahead and added the new limit on posting.

October 12, 2001 12:34 PM

I've gone ahead and added the new limit on posting. Only once per 24 hrs now. Let me know if you find any errors.
posted by mathowie (staff) to Feature Requests at 12:34 PM (23 comments total)

thanks, matt.
posted by moz at 12:44 PM on October 12, 2001

Yeah, I think that'll be good. Where is there a notification about it on MeFi?
posted by msacheson at 12:45 PM on October 12, 2001

Your patience and willingness to make this thing work right never cease to amaze me. Thanks for all the hard work, Matt.
posted by ColdChef at 12:46 PM on October 12, 2001

Bless you. Now we'll only have somewhere over 12000 posts per day... ;-)
posted by fooljay at 12:48 PM on October 12, 2001

thankyouthankyouthankyou

Now, did you bring the asshole-be-gone spray?
posted by Kafkaesque at 12:52 PM on October 12, 2001

Anyone care to place a bet as to how long it'll be until some newbie registers twice in order to post twice in a row?
posted by aaron at 1:07 PM on October 12, 2001

Twenty minutes, if they could. I think new sign up is off for the moment.
posted by bjgeiger at 1:09 PM on October 12, 2001

Now can I have a pony that likes pancakes?
posted by Jeremy at 1:12 PM on October 12, 2001

even if they could, aaron, it wouldn't work because I believe it takes a day before you can post anyway. Or am I wrong?
posted by cell divide at 1:13 PM on October 12, 2001

even if they could, aaron, it wouldn't work because I believe it takes a day before you can post anyway. Or am I wrong?

It takes a week, plus some commenting. I'm considering lengthening the time to 2-4 weeks.

I don't think people will route around this because I'm going to spruce up the error page next, so that if they have posted in 24 hrs, they can submit their post to be reviewed by me, without having to email me.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:20 PM on October 12, 2001

I've said this before, but mathowie my elf ho.
posted by daveadams at 1:25 PM on October 12, 2001

Hurray, hurray!
posted by silusGROK at 1:41 PM on October 12, 2001

I just want to say ditto... er, thanks, Matt.
posted by sudama at 1:48 PM on October 12, 2001

So if FoxNews and Ananova have articles on Rush Limbaugh going deaf, does this mean I have to put both of them in the same post?
posted by Gary at 2:01 PM on October 12, 2001

But what about freedom of speech? Don't I have an inherent, God-given right to post 26 links to the Onion a day? Matt is such a Nazi.
posted by gd779 at 2:01 PM on October 12, 2001

So if FoxNews and Ananova have articles on Rush Limbaugh going deaf, does this mean I have to put both of them in the same post?
posted by Gary at 2:08 PM on October 12, 2001

Damn liberal bleeding heart scum! You're taking away my inalienable right to pee in the pool!

I'll have to go back to being weird on the Warren Sapp big99.com message boards.
posted by Kafkaesque at 2:08 PM on October 12, 2001

(there's probably some irony in my smart ass comment being posted twice... but maybe not)
posted by Gary at 2:11 PM on October 12, 2001

yayayayayayyayayayayayay!

mathowie is the greatest!
posted by thc at 3:00 PM on October 12, 2001

Hey, email me if you want to purchase my daily post! Buy 3 get one free!
posted by Doug at 5:09 PM on October 12, 2001

Gary said: "So if FoxNews and Ananova have articles on Rush Limbaugh going deaf, does this mean I have to put both of them in the same post?"

I wish we could nominate comments - Stupidest comment of the day, Funniest Comment of the day. This comment from Gary just cracked me up! Funniest thing I read all day.
posted by kristin at 5:11 PM on October 12, 2001

Thanks, Chief; I hate the fact we put you out to solve this mess, and I absolutely despise we've put you in a place where you need to intervene. But, as always, you've come through.
posted by Perigee at 11:45 PM on October 12, 2001

i am so gonna abuse this
posted by clavdivs at 2:29 PM on October 14, 2001