Timeline for Is there a limit to how often or how many posts a user can comment on or edit in a given period of time?
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| Jul 11, 2018 at 15:22 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | There is explicit rate limiting on some (most?) actions for low reputation users on larger sites like Stack Overflow. I don't know if those same restrictions are in place on (much) smaller sites like this one, though. I don't think they are, but do you have a definite source that states they're not? | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 11:28 | comment | added | Valorum | @InguShama - That's it in a nutshell. Most users don't have the time or inclination to edit and comment on more than a fraction of posts. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:43 | comment | added | Ingu Shama | @Edlothiad I really wouldn't be bothered actually doing it. I just appreciate that's it's hypothetically possible. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:39 | comment | added | Edlothiad | @InguShama if you go and try to edit every single post, you will be warned by myself, a few others and the mods. This site likes our front page, and we like to keep it neat. If you go comment on every post, no one will say anything, unless they're blatantly rude. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:36 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot Mod | @InguShama In short yes though there are soft policies in place that the mods enforce occasionally. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:29 | comment | added | Ingu Shama | @TheLethalCarrot Ok, so seems as if there's no real site policy in place, and as long as I have enough rep and spare time, I can comment on and edit absolutely every single post? I guess that answers that. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 8:25 | vote | accept | Ingu Shama | ||
| Jul 6, 2018 at 6:29 | comment | added | TheLethalCarrot Mod | @Buzz Whilst the "edit policy" isn't concrete, large edit sprees are discouraged, especially when, as you say, the edits are minor. The policy is also top 15 posts and not the whole of the front page. | |
| Jul 6, 2018 at 1:47 | comment | added | Buzz | Discussions of how many edits are appropriate tend to tacitly assume that the edits are being made to old posts. But this is not necessarily the case. I sometimes, when I have time to kill, make a substantial number of (usually minor) corrections to posts that are already at the top of the front page. The edits therefore do not materially affect what posts are most visible. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 20:21 | comment | added | Edlothiad | It's not a policy, by any definition of the word's use on this site, this has been stated to me dozens of times. A rule of thumb is not a policy. As phantom points out, the difference is a mere 2 votes, with the top sitting at 7. I myself could swing the favour of the votes. It is not a policy. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 19:23 | comment | added | phantom42 | The last meta was focused on tag edits, but it's the same issue/policy. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 18:10 | comment | added | Mithical | @Edlothiad - That's been policy for as long as I can remember. I don't have the exact meta post on hand, but it's been the rule of thumb for years. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 16:20 | comment | added | Edlothiad | @valorum, it’s not policy is all I’m saying, and claiming it as such is spreading false information | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 16:06 | comment | added | Valorum | @Edlothiad - There's no 'consensus', but the 5/15 rule is currently in the lead. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 15:38 | history | edited | Edlothiad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2018 at 15:34 | comment | added | Edlothiad | You're going to have to provide a source for that site policy, because last I checked, there's no real consensus there. | |
| Jul 5, 2018 at 15:26 | history | answered | Mithical | CC BY-SA 4.0 |