Post Cooldown

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  1. Emerald
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    Hello, lately players have been post farming, that means they have been posting on threads very fastly. Earlier today I saw a player post/reply every 2 minutes and kept gaining more and more messages. He now has over 15 messages from saying only a few words on a post. I believe there should be a post cooldown so this can prevent post farming. Post farming is not as big as an issue as everything else on the forums, but a cooldown can prevent people from post farming on a thread every 2 minutes. I do not have a specific time, maybe you can post 3 posts every 10 minutes or 20 minutes so post farming can get an end. I do not have a time, so that was just a suggested guess. If you have a better cooldown system, let me know down in the comments.
     
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    Post farming like you asking if someone wants a thread locked? Seriously. They can ask a moderator to lock it.
     
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    No, I am not talking about that. Here is an example, he posted very fastly on lots of posts so he got more post count.
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    I see, but honestly asking if the thread creator needs a lock is literally post farming. And if you're applying for mod, you're being a tryhard by doing it.
     
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    he's just replying to those threads. lmfao. and there is a cool down lol
     
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    Comeon Emerald You Create Suggestions And Reports For Every Little Thing

    :popcorn: Prepares For Rude Rating From Emerald
     
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    I do not disagree with that answer :p
     
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    As long as hes not gravedigging I think its fine.
     
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    Emerald You Do Realize That Posting Alot Of Things Means Your Post Count Goes Up




    Right?
     
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    Yes, I meant like posting in a row a lot.
     
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    Post farming is posting 2-3 times in a row on one thread.
    If he isn't grave digging, then it's fine.
     
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    ➡️Lol.
    ➡️There is a delay for 30 seconds a post.
     

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