60 second rule

[mike o'leary]

is it really nessisary?

mike who got attacked by said 60 second rule trying to post this new thread...

[Brandon Martus]

yes. it keeps 'bad things' from happening.

[mike o'leary]

would it be possible to make it somewhat shorter...like maybe 45 seconds or somethign?

[Brandon Martus]

i suppose 30-45 would be fine.

ill change that now.

[mike o'leary]

ok cool thanks

[A. Leese]

Originally posted by mike o'leary
is it really nessisary?

mike who got attacked by said 60 second rule trying to post this new thread...

what is this rule, exactly? I don't get it..

[Brandon Martus]

you can only post one message every 60 seconds
this prevents someone from hitting 'Submit ... back ... submit ... back ... submit ... back' or some other form of attack.

i changed the limit from 60 to some other lower, but significant number :p

[mike o'leary]

ive gotten yelled at by the 60 second rule twice this morning...:confused: :confused: :confused:

[Brandon Martus]

rrrrrrrrrreally

its set to 47 seconds.........

[Brandon Martus]

oh wait

i only changed the Private Message limit, not the regular posting limit

it should be fixed now.

[David Kelly]

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
rrrrrrrrrreally

its set to 47 seconds.........


47 seconds? what a coincidence:D

[mike o'leary]

mike is embarrassed to say that he got attacked by the 47 second rule today...but i definately started laughing when i saw what the number was..."lower, but significant number "

[Amy Beth]

i never got attacked by the 47 second rule until the word association thread came along. Grrr.

[Ken Leung]

ok people... Let's try not to flood the thread and get attacked by the 47 sec rule too much. There's this thing call AIM and ICQ and MSN messanger and IRC you know? ;)

[f22flyboy]

proboard code grays out the submit button for 45 seconds if you hit back. try that

[Melissa Nute]

Wasn't it always 47 seconds? Or am I losing my mind..

[Brandon Martus]

Originally posted by Yearbook50
Wasn't it always 47 seconds? Or am I losing my mind..

vBulletin comes defaulted to 60... it was 60 for a while, and then it changed to 47 seconds on 07-30-2001, and has been there since.

[Jack]

Originally posted by f22flyboy
proboard code grays out the submit button for 45 seconds if you hit back. try that

Using what? JS? I don't think that a hack like that is really necessary. If you can reply to a message in less than 47 seconds, then your connection is too high. :) I have a 56k, so i don't think that i could go that fast. Yes, i think i'v gonnen the error once or twice, but usually, by the time i read all the new posts, and think of something good to say, it takes longer than 47 seconds. If you can respond to 2 messages in less than 47 seconds, is what you are saying really need to be posted. As said earier, its to prevent spamming/cracking of the forum.

Just my $.02 (They need to make a cents sign for the keyboard. does anyone know Alt key for cents? ie: for ü it is hold 'alt' then type 0252)