[Foundation-l] Post limits (was: Flagged Protection update for April 29)

[Ryan Lomonaco]

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> Can anyone remind me what the per day and per month post limits are,
> and confirm that someone is still keeping track?
>
> We've established in the past that a collegial atmosphere is desired
> by the people who post to and read this list. Some have never agreed,
> but that is why some have previously been moderated. Limits and
> moderation have been the only tools effective against those who can't
> find the energy to be nice; reason has never worked, though it has
> been deployed at each opportunity. Let's use the tools at hand, and
> avoid sidetracking useful discussion with meta problems.
>

30 posts per month.  No one has come close to hitting the limit in at least
a few months.

We didn't go with a per-day limit because there are times when posting 6 or
7 times in a day is fine - for example, when we've got a few constructive
threads going at once.  When it becomes problematic is when you're doing a
back-and-forth that's getting heated.  And I guess what I would say to that
is, if you're posting in a thread that's becoming a little heated,
particularly one that you've posted in already, maybe you should hold off on
sending your e-mail for a few hours.  Then, you can decide whether you
really want to send that e-mail - with the added benefit of giving others
time to cool down as well.  But I don't think you could set a per-day limit
that would be effective without being restrictive.

As for moderation, I think that we've tried to apply a light touch,
particularly given that the atmosphere has seemed to improve over the last
few months.  That said, if moderation is necessary, then we'll do so.

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