rate limiting should be done at posting, not starting a draft

[ixfd64]

If I try to start a new topic right after making a post, the forum requires me to wait a short time before letting me continue. I understand this is for anti-spam purposes.

 

However, it would probably be better if the check was done when the post is made, not when a draft is started. It would take longer to write a well-thought out post than for the timer to expire, and users could take their time to work on the draft while the throttle is in place. This change would make things more convenient for frequent posters while still preventing troublemakers from flooding the forum. Thoughts?

[Sy_Accursed]

I'd imagine its a slight technically limitation of how posting buttons work.

 

The actual post button within the full writing screen is pushing entered data to the server with instructions to create a new post; it'd be tricky to prepend that with a check for time or push to an error message AND maintain the form data so all your typing efforts are not lost.

 

Where as the button to enter the reply or post topic screen is just calling a new page from the server so it is easy for the server to push out an alternative page - the error - based on a timer.

 

Could possibly be done, but hardly seems worth the effort since its rather rare to hit upon the time and if you do you always have the option of starting to write up what you want to say in notepad or w/e then copy and pasting. Also I'd question the 'convenience' it'd add - I'm one of the most prolific posters on these forums and I almost never hit the timer limit, so if it won't affect me much at all I can't see it affecting that many other users.