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by krapp 252 days ago
>I've removed the rate limit from your account now.

SNפIƎɹ SO∀HƆ

I mean thank you. I know I complain a lot but that's because I care, and I think I've mellowed out over time anyway. I think my greatest sin is just spending too much time here posting.

>The counterargument though is that most accounts just don't change that much, so this ends up being globally the right call even though it fails in specific cases.

If so, it seems to make more sense to apply it by thread rather than by account. Maybe to threads that trip the flamewar detector. For serial trolls the effect would be the same, but it wouldn't interfere with honest participation.

>and no, we didn't bump it up

Fair enough, it can be difficult to tell from the comment timestamps. As long as you're prompting the user anyway maybe add a cooldown timer?

I don't envy you or the other mods your jobs but I do think you put more effort into tone-policing than you need to.