Full message reads: "You have posted 1 times within 240 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again."
Uh, what?
So we're only allowed to make one post every 5 minutes? That's news to me.
Maybe it's because my typing speed is 60+ wpm, but I've never seen this message before. Is this a new thing, or have I just gotten lucky over the years?
Wasn't quite sure where to post, since I didn't see a board for issues like this, but feel free to move it if this is in the wrong place.
Thanks,
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Nope, it let me post twice in quick succession.
Luck of the draw I guess.
How has it not happened to me? I'm a pretty fast typer, and have DEFINITELY posted within 240 seconds on more than one occasion. Maybe it's successive fast posting?
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Your situation sounds rather like a glitch. I have, in the past, replied swiftly to posts, such as in the "game" threads with no warnings of this nature.
I know that there was threads made about this already asking about it and I'm pretty sure that people that had put in the same explanation about it being a thing to deter spammers.
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I've never been "jailed"- I remember getting the notice once when I was in a heated debate with someone and I was pretty furiously posting. It wasn't just a post followed by another quick post but like a post followed by a dozen quick posts- LOL. Another time I was launching (trying to launch) several posts at once on my build topic. I had them written out in word and was copying and pasting them into m topic- so A LOT of words in rapid succession. I think it's intended to help block "auto spamming." That way a software program would be halted before it filled the entire page with crap. But, it definitely doesn't have anything to do with being jailed imo and is not a glitch but rather something meant to counter the crazy spamming attacks that have happened in the past.
this website is way overboard.
I'm not aware of ever having been jailed, but perhaps it happened and I just didn't noticed (do you get a notification if it happens?)
This link will show you what the jail bars look like when someone is jailed for something. This is a blog from the Vanilla site explaining the jailing process on the Vanilla forums.
https://blog.vanillaforums.com/features/members-behaving-badly-warnings-reporting/
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I get it if I made one post about something, and then right away make a second post about something completely different. But why am I getting this when I'm only editing my original post, and not adding any new post? Now I only need to wait 10 minutes before I can post this.
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I really hope a Guru will address this issue.
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