# At least 60 seconds between posts? since when?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 7, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691 "2006-08-07T15:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/1 "2006-08-07T15:25:14Z")
So I’m really cruising today, and I got off a post, and skimmed to another forum, and opened a thread, and snapped off another post, and… > [@vBulletin Software](#): > > Sorry. The administrator has specified that you can only post every 60 seconds. Since when? and why this unnatural restraint on speedy ripostes? it hinders creativity, and flair, and élan, and all them good things. it’s the hamsters. it’s always the friggin’ hamsters. think **Ed** and **Cecil** are in charge around here? ha! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/2 "2006-08-07T15:39:34Z")
> [@Northern Piper](#): > > So I’m really cruising today, and I got off a post, and skimmed to another forum, and opened a thread, and snapped off another post, and… > > Since when? and why this unnatural restraint on speedy ripostes? it hinders creativity, and flair, and élan, and all them good things. Since always; you’ve just never noticed. I’m pretty sure it’s to prevent someone from cripling the board by causing their computer to automatically post nonsense over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/3 "2006-08-07T15:48:06Z")
> [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > Since always; you’ve just never noticed. I’m pretty sure it’s to prevent someone from cripling the board by causing their computer to automatically post nonsense over and over. I don’t know that it’s _always_ been this way; it seems like I didn’t get these messages until a few board modifications ago. But yeah, this has to at least slow down people who want to spam the boards. Plus it probably stops some accidental double posts. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/4 "2006-08-07T16:39:44Z")
Yeah, it’s known as flood control and it’s common on forums and blogs across the web. The time settings can be altered by forum administrators. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/5 "2006-08-08T14:31:05Z")
Seems to me it used to be 30 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/6 "2006-08-08T15:22:58Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Seems to me it used to be 30 seconds. It was, at one time. I can recall composing messages to two separate threads and having to wait before submitting the second one. I suspect it’s a variety of anti-spam defense that the Admins. implemented and didn’t bother making public; if you lurk during the American daytime, you may have noticed that up until recently we got our fair share of Guest spammers scattering promos. for websites across several different forums. That has seemed to be reduced lately, and I’ll bet hamburgs to hamsters that they’re related. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/7 "2006-08-08T17:50:06Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Seems to me it used to be 30 seconds. I thought it was once 30 seconds between searches, 60 seconds between posts. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/8 "2006-08-09T01:07:40Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > I thought it was once 30 seconds between searches, 60 seconds between posts. That’s it. I misread the OP. ---
**Author:** ![tygerbryght](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@tygerbryght](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygerbryght)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/9 "2006-08-15T12:27:37Z")
It’s been 60 seconds between posts ever since I joined. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/10 "2006-08-17T22:39:52Z")
> [@Skald the Rhymer](#): > > Since always; you’ve just never noticed. I’m pretty sure it’s to prevent someone from cripling the board by causing their computer to automatically post nonsense over and over. I wait at least 61 seconds between posting one bit of nonsense and the next. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/11 "2006-08-19T01:54:21Z")
> [@tygerbryght](#): > > It’s been 60 seconds between posts ever since I joined. Same here. You know the boards are flying when you’re able to get that message. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-least-60-seconds-between-posts-since-when/367691/12 "2006-08-19T14:38:03Z")
perhaps that’s why I’ve never seen it before… 😛