smudge wrote:
I wasn't getting angry at Alex, just annoyed that there isn't this basic system in place at least to deter them. It would stop them. I think lots of people have left because of the issues with this website.
Fine, OPs then.
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Why wouldn't they start replying to existing threads if they were stopped from making OPs? Other forums don't restrict it to just OPs.
Don't understand your point.
All that I am saying is that lets respond to the problem at hand.
If you restricted all posts to two a day (a) it would be a sacrifice -many of us make more than five posts a day, but (b) restricting original posts would NOT be a sacrifice. I myself don't start three original posts in a whole year. So restricting me to three a day would not be a sacrifice. And it probably wouldn't be a sacrifice to you or to most folks.
The agent that's doing this appears to be a dumb bot that just works automatically. No human is actively posting. So there is no reason to think that it would be nimble enough to change its tactics like a chess player. Not in the short run. So just restricting OPs would probably fix it. The humans behind the bot might (if they think that WP is a worthwhile target) might in the long run reprogram it to intrude into existing threads. So we can wait until then to up the ante in response.