[LEDE-DEV] forum limitations

[Ted Hess]

On Tue, 2017-01-17 at 09:32 -0800, David Lang wrote:
> currently new users (for some definition of 'new', I have 63 posts starting 
> within a day or two of when the forum was created) are limited to 3 replies in
> a 
> topic.
> 
> This limit is really easy to hit in a technical discussion and is going to
> drive 
> people to create extra topics to work around the limitation.
> 
> 
> example error message via e-mail:
> 
> We're sorry, but your email message to 
> ["forum+reply-83162f79a9a8b8efaf1a2e8dae5337de at lede-project.org"] (titled Re: 
> [LEDE Project
> Forum] [Installing and Using LEDE] Wlan 2.4/5Ghz to slow fpr 1080p/60fps?) 
> didn't work.
> 
> Reason:
> 
> We're sorry, but new users are temporarily limited to 3 replies in the same 
> topic.
> 
> If you can correct the problem, please try again.
> 
> 
> 
> David Lang
> 
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Yes, we could increase that limit - However, do you need to add more than 3
replies in a row to a single topic before some else replies to it. You could
more easily just edit/append to one of your existing replies.

See discussion at: 

https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-a-topic-reply-limit-for-new-users/1151
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/ted