90 Second Rule-No Venting Please!

Curubethion · 10-10-2005, 08:52 PM

I'd just like to place a request to the mods for an easement or relaxation of the infamous Rule when dealing with trivia/other short answer threads. Yes, I understand that the NSR is an anti-spam tool, but please can you do this? It gets somewhat annoying when you answer a trivia question in one thread and then try to answer in another thread.
Thanks!

rohirrim TR · 10-10-2005, 10:06 PM

I politely and respectfully second that motion, PLEASE

Spock · 10-10-2005, 11:21 PM

Life qoes by so quickly, like raindrops in the stream of life. Spammers love to clog the streams with their most important things but admin has ruled to leave 90 precious seconds to allow information to move along without getting into bumper car type situations and to slow down unnecessary posts. It will be interesting to see if TPTB stand firm on this rule which has worked for so many and for so long.

brownjenkins · 10-11-2005, 11:03 AM

i think it's a bit unecessary... basically it is penalizing everyone on the off-chance of stopping a spammer... a spammer could still sit here and post after post every 90 seconds if he so choose (or even make multiple accounts and do more)

better to remove it and deal with any offenders directly if the situation occurs

Spock · 10-11-2005, 12:00 PM

Why remove it when it works as is? Remove it and be damned? Most illogical.

Telcontar_Dunedain · 10-11-2005, 12:04 PM

I have to say I agree with brownie. At least I think it is a good idea to remove it from trivia threads when answers often consist of only a few words.

Spock · 10-11-2005, 12:05 PM

The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
--Einstein--

brownjenkins · 10-11-2005, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Why remove it when it works as is? Remove it and be damned? Most illogical.

ah, but if it "worked", no one would be complaining

how about a compromise?

try it for a week and see what happens

Spock · 10-11-2005, 12:19 PM

Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse.
-G. Marx-

rohirrim TR · 10-11-2005, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownjenkins

ah, but if it "worked", no one would be complaining

how about a compromise?

try it for a week and see what happens

come one, lets do it, i agree with BJ on this ENTMOOT FREEDOM NOW!

Spock · 10-11-2005, 12:56 PM

ahh, freedom to leave.. granted

BeardofPants · 10-11-2005, 01:40 PM

It used to be 60 seconds. ::shrug::
I post at other sites that have no posting time-limit, and I can't say that I've noticed them getting spammed any more than here.

rohirrim TR · 10-11-2005, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

ahh, freedom to leave.. granted

everyones a comedian

Spock · 10-11-2005, 02:48 PM

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

--W.C. Fields--

rohirrim TR · 10-11-2005, 03:00 PM

i'm glad to hear their is fairness in the land

Lotesse · 10-11-2005, 06:29 PM

W C Fields is the BOMB!! Love that guy. Well, I don't see anything wrong with the 90 second rule. The only time it bugs me is when I'm doing heavy posting in Teacup/Trivia, stuff like that, where and when it is probably MEANT to work, to slow us down a little and prevent "traffic jams." But what do I know. I think the rule exists for a reason, and even though at times it has annoyed me, I live with it. I wonder what kinds of problems would arise were the 90 second rule to be abolished. Things that make you go "Hmmm."

Curubethion · 10-11-2005, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Telcontar_Dunedain

I have to say I agree with brownie. At least I think it is a good idea to remove it from trivia threads when answers often consist of only a few words.

It looks like TD sees what I'm getting at. I never said I wanted the 90 second rule banned, only lifted or relaxed on certain threads, such as short-answer threads.

Spock · 10-11-2005, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lotesse

W C Fields is the BOMB!!.

***Earniel*** · 10-12-2005, 03:30 AM

I only very seldom run into the 90-seconds-rule.

I do not see the need to be able to speed-post without any delay. And from my mod experience I certainly don't want to abolish the 90-seconds and I don't think it will be either.

Besides, I don't think it can be lifted and applied to specific threads at will.

hectorberlioz · 10-12-2005, 10:35 AM

I agree with the moda about the rule, but I do think it ought to be lessened to say, sixty seconds instead.

10-10-2005, 08:52 PM	#1
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	90 Second Rule-No Venting Please! I'd just like to place a request to the mods for an easement or relaxation of the infamous Rule when dealing with trivia/other short answer threads. Yes, I understand that the NSR is an anti-spam tool, but please can you do this? It gets somewhat annoying when you answer a trivia question in one thread and then try to answer in another thread. Thanks! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

10-10-2005, 11:21 PM	#3
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Life qoes by so quickly, like raindrops in the stream of life. Spammers love to clog the streams with their most important things but admin has ruled to leave 90 precious seconds to allow information to move along without getting into bumper car type situations and to slow down unnecessary posts. It will be interesting to see if TPTB stand firm on this rule which has worked for so many and for so long. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-11-2005, 11:03 AM	#4
brownjenkins Advocatus Diaboli Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Reality Posts: 3,767	i think it's a bit unecessary... basically it is penalizing everyone on the off-chance of stopping a spammer... a spammer could still sit here and post after post every 90 seconds if he so choose (or even make multiple accounts and do more) better to remove it and deal with any offenders directly if the situation occurs __________________ Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.

10-11-2005, 12:00 PM	#5
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Why remove it when it works as is? Remove it and be damned? Most illogical. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-11-2005, 12:04 PM	#6
Telcontar_Dunedain Warrior of the House of Hador Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 4,651	I have to say I agree with brownie. At least I think it is a good idea to remove it from trivia threads when answers often consist of only a few words. __________________ Then Huor spoke and said: "Yet if it stands but a little while, then out of your house shall come the hope of Elves and Men. This I say to you, lord, with the eyes of death: though we part here for ever, and I shall not look on your white walls again, from you and me a new star shall arise. Farewell!" The Silmarillion, Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Page 230

10-11-2005, 12:05 PM	#7
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. --Einstein-- __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-11-2005, 12:19 PM	#9
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Why, I'd horse-whip you if I had a horse. -G. Marx-

10-11-2005, 12:56 PM	#11
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	ahh, freedom to leave.. granted

10-11-2005, 01:40 PM	#12
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	It used to be 60 seconds. ::shrug:: I post at other sites that have no posting time-limit, and I can't say that I've noticed them getting spammed any more than here. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-11-2005, 02:48 PM	#14
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally. --W.C. Fields-- __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-11-2005, 06:29 PM	#16
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	W C Fields is the BOMB!! Love that guy. Well, I don't see anything wrong with the 90 second rule. The only time it bugs me is when I'm doing heavy posting in Teacup/Trivia, stuff like that, where and when it is probably MEANT to work, to slow us down a little and prevent "traffic jams." But what do I know. I think the rule exists for a reason, and even though at times it has annoyed me, I live with it. I wonder what kinds of problems would arise were the 90 second rule to be abolished. Things that make you go "Hmmm." __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-12-2005, 03:30 AM	#19
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I only very seldom run into the 90-seconds-rule. I do not see the need to be able to speed-post without any delay. And from my mod experience I certainly don't want to abolish the 90-seconds and I don't think it will be either. Besides, I don't think it can be lifted and applied to specific threads at will. __________________ We are not things. Last edited by Earniel : 10-12-2005 at 03:55 AM.

10-12-2005, 10:35 AM	#20
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I agree with the moda about the rule, but I do think it ought to be lessened to say, sixty seconds instead. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

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