Two Mail Limit
From:
Derek Parkinson
Date:
2006 Mar 08 11:41 UTC
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Well, Tom Coady's obviously right about one thing - you can't "control"
content simply by restricting its quantity.
But that's fine because "controlling" content was never the point of
restricting the number of posts each person can make per day. If the link
between restrictions on posting and quality seems troublesome try thinking
of it in terms of time - not everyone has the same amount of time to spend
reading & posting.
Restricting the number of postings reduces the chances of the place filling
up with junk, encourages people to apply some thought to what they say
before posting, and evens things up a bit between those with loads of time
to spend on the forum & those with other calls on their time, whether they
are carers, or have demanding jobs, or don't have full-time access to a
networked PC, whatever.
It's worth emphasising again that the restriction applies to *everyone* -
there aren't people running rampant with zillions of messages while denying
those opportunities to others.
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