Subject: And also...
Author:
Posted on: 2019-10-18 12:14:33 UTC

... it doesn't actually help that much; even at a rate of one post every 65 seconds or so, a spammer could still completely overwrite the front page in half an hour, less if they controlled multiple accounts. It's definitely a good idea to have some sort of anti-spam measures here, but a fixed-rate restriction doesn't seem to be the best idea, as it's too easy to abuse and might inconvenience legitimate Boarders; maybe something fancier like a roughly exponential rate filter (no more than 1 post per 10 seconds, 2 posts per 20 seconds, 3 posts per 40 seconds... 9 posts per ~45 minutes, 10 posts per ~1.5 hours) to disproportionately cap multiple posting? This would cut the maximum long-term posting rate to once every nine minutes, while allowing shortish bursts (and if you do need to post more than once every nine minutes for an extended period of time, there's the chat).

Reply Return to messages