Forum Suggestions & User Assistance - 30 seconds between
searches?   View Full Version : 30 seconds between searches?
09-22-09, 09:18 PM Is this necessary? I take it that some time
lag is installed to prevent some sort of bot take-over of the
world. But why 30 seconds? When I mis-type something, its kind
of annoying to have to wait to retry it. Not a big deal, but
sill.   Tom Stormcrowe 09-22-09, 09:52 PM Yes, it buys us time
to avoid spambots post flooding us before they get seen. It's
positively amazing how fast they can flood a forum with junk. I
was a member of a forum that had no post flood timer, and they
had a cluster of 5 spambots hit them with over 1000 posts in
under a minute.  09-22-09, 10:36 PM ^^ Suppose the 30 second
interval was changes to something smaller (say 5 sec) and the
search page be restricted to logged-in, registered users?
09-23-09, 09:33 AM I understand the lag between posts, but my
question is about the lag between searches.   Siu Blue Wind
09-23-09, 10:17 AM Spammers do register