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A ghastly suggestion. It would eliminate everything other than frontpage mainsteam comment. Lesser forums would die of starvation. It would be censorship by ration book.
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I wouldn't exactly call it 'ghastly', but it's certainly not our preferred solution. If it was, we would've implemented it awhile ago.
The problem is, this site is incredibly prone to thread dumping. If NAMBLA decided to make their home here, there's nothing to stop 100 of their members from coming here and basically making every other thread about the pros and cons of man boy sex, as a terrible example. Obviously, this goes against what we're aiming for here.
So, some sort of thread creation limit seems feasible in this case. But, an all across the board thread limit for everyone doesn't sound like fun. So, should we enact one for people with less than 500 posts? People who've been here less than a month? Only registered users can create unlimited threads?
Basically, how does this site defend against massive thread dumping?
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And discussing other members in public is odious.
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I'm keeping an eye on this thread to make sure it doesn't devolve into a discussion about a specific member. The concern raised is a real one and one we've been trying to think of a solution to long before the recent spate of White Separatist/Nationalist/Whateverists.