Post Flood Suggestion

[WastedJoker]

Currently the post flood warning comes into effect if you've pressed the "Add Reply" button to take you to the "Reply to..." page where you can type out your post.

I'd like to see it change to only come into effect when you've press "Add Reply" to submit your post.

The current method means you have to wait 30 seconds to start typing out your message which, if it takes a good 1-2 minutes to type out/format, is an annoying delay.

[Panacik]

This sounds like a good point to me. I often thought this.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

not a bad idea, but this is more an IPB thing, rather then a neowin

[what]

What you can do is start typing your post via the quick reply box, then if you need to go into the full editor for whatever reason just click 'More Options', which will take you to the regular add reply screen with your post intact.

[silly_walk]

tes test

[Joel]

Currently the post flood warning comes into effect if you've pressed the "Add Reply" button to take you to the "Reply to..." page where you can type out your post.

I'd like to see it change to only come into effect when you've press "Add Reply" to submit your post.

The current method means you have to wait 30 seconds to start typing out your message which, if it takes a good 1-2 minutes to type out/format, is an annoying delay.

Can you give the EXACT steps to reproduce this? I can't make it happen with the info you posted.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

What you can do is start typing your post via the quick reply box, then if you need to go into the full editor for whatever reason just click 'More Options', which will take you to the regular add reply screen with your post intact.

I think this is the best advice for this situation.

[WastedJoker]

Can you give the EXACT steps to reproduce this? I can't make it happen with the info you posted.

I'm assuming the post flood is working correctly here and my post is implying I've recently submitted a post and want to type another one.

[p858snake]

Can you give the EXACT steps to reproduce this? I can't make it happen with the info you posted.

Staff are exempt from the post/spam flood measures i believe.

Basically in a "normal" account if you post a thread or reply to one, when you click to do another reply in another thread (using the full option) or post another thread you have to wait 30 Secs because you get a "IPB: Post Flood Timer" message.

[Joel]

Staff are exempt from the post/spam flood measures i believe.

Yes, I know. That's why the post directly above mine was with a normal account. And I didn't run across the problem.

[Fred Derf Veteran]

Yes, I know. That's why the post directly above mine was with a normal account. And I didn't run across the problem.

You would need to post in two different threads within 30 seconds.

If you post in the same thread then automerge gets applied instead of the flood controls.

[Joel]

You would need to post in two different threads within 30 seconds.

If you post in the same thread then automerge gets applied instead of the flood controls.

See, there's the detail. No one said anything about different threads.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

okay Joel, i'll give you full details of what he is trying to communicate.

if you post something, and quickly find yourself in another thread, and ready to post (sounds kind of dumb, since you should always read the thread first) and try to add a post, by clicking the "Add Reply" button (NOT the quick reply), it will give you a flood control warning.

however, if you do use the quick reply, you can fill out your comment, and hit add reply, but if it is within 30 seconds of your previous post (in a different thread) you will be given a flood control warning.

posting in the same thread, after yourself (within 30 seconds i believe) will auto-merge your posts. if after 30 seconds, it creates two separate postings. does that help?

[Joel]

okay Joel, i'll give you full details of what he is trying to communicate.

Thanks.

So the feature is working as planned; no mass-posting of responses with no possible time to read the thread you're posting in. This is no different than searches that are flood-protected on forums. Sure, it's annoying when you search with a typo and have to wait, but that's ever more understandable than needing to simultaneously post reposnses in more than 1 thread.

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

sure the flood control is annoying, but it helps stop the spread of attacks and spam, the the mods need to clean up later on.

You really shouldn't be posting that fast anyways, unless your browsing a bunch of picture threads

[Dc'1]

I quite often run into the flood warning, but a simple back then forward again and it's most likely been more than 30 seconds lol. Imagine the flood warning wasn't there, every page you go on would have a "LIVE HOT GIRLS ON WEBCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :/ I'd rather the warning :p