I was replying to some posts in Help when I received this smack on the wrist!
Is this a good thing or not? I'm undecided as I can see how it could deter spammers say (not that I'm a spammer).
endorphin just slow down a bit you are to eager lol
endorphin
Got this the other day when the website was going as slow as a snail .
endorphin never had that but i take my time when posting.
It's an anti-flood protection, most forums have them.
I wonder if it's only recently been activated because I'm sure I've accidentally double-posted in a thread before and didn't trip that error message.
extreme_one I was posting in separate threads at the time rather then double posting in one thread. 😮
endorphin That's an anti-spam measure. Imagine if they didn't have this and a bot flooded the board with dozens of hundreds of posts. It used to happen frequently on forums before measures were put in place to eliminate
extreme_one That's an anti-spam measure.
Yes I'd imagine it is. Quite easy to defeat though, the bot just has to wait a few seconds between posts! 🙁
