# Dropped multiquotes?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-multiquotes/549714
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**Created:** [August 9, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-multiquotes/549714 "2010-08-09T14:49:44Z")
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### Author: ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dropped-multiquotes/549714/5 "2010-08-09T16:50:12Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> I also didn’t see this change announced anywhere. Was there any discussion? I don’t remember seeing any threads in ATMB complaining about people replying to too many posts. And why is it a problem if I’m replying to more than five posts at a time?

I don’t know if it was discussed anywhere – here are the posts I remember on the topic:

> [@Suggestion: let's fix my earlier terrible suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-lets-fix-my-earlier-terrible-suggestion/548334/50):
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> Looking at the settings, we can limit the number of quotes that can be used with multi-quote. Would this help rein in the madness?
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> Currently it’s set to 0, it’s unlimited.

> [@Suggestion: let's fix my earlier terrible suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestion-lets-fix-my-earlier-terrible-suggestion/548334/53):
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> Let’s try it and see – I can always put it back to 0 again if we’re wrong.

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