Originally Posted by
PhoenixRev
Throttling is a double edged sword, however.
I have seen some great information posted in various forums where the information is streaming in at a record pace due to a change in some points program. In one instance on the Hilton board, there was an outstanding thread of people posting bits of info. Some of that info would have not made it to the thread in a timely manner had the throttling been in place mostly because it was the same 2-4 people who were doing the research and legwork and posting the info as fast as they got it.
OK, but did they make 40 posts in the same forum in a 24 hour period? If so, did they make 50? There should be some number less than 100 that we can limit to.
And if we want to bring in a moderator, they could apply the throttle only to users who are making large numbers of useless posts. That would leave normal contributors without a throttle.