Timeline for Too restrictive with permitted number of links for a new user
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| Aug 6, 2016 at 6:41 | comment | added | Ramhound | @VivekVijayan - If you are using several links, you should be quoting the material already, you don't have to make the links clickable. | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 14:24 | comment | added | Vivek Vijayan | I'm trying to make a bigger point here. If someone wants to spam, first two links are enough to do it! Restricting the number of links to a bare min of 2 for a new user is too draconian IMHO. | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | Vivek Vijayan | That's precisely my point. For someone who is new to the site, trying to get an answer quickly to solve their problem, having to wait and earn reputation itself is a big let down. Yes, spam control should be done. But there are much better moderation mechanisms for it. So for someone who wants to spam, isn't it an easy choice to earn 10 reputations and then spam as much as they want until one of the better moderation mechanisms catch him? And if we have a mechanism later to catch him, why wouldn't it help to stop it in the beginning itself? | |
| Aug 5, 2016 at 1:07 | history | answered | Journeyman GeekMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |