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IIRC these are wait times deliberately engineered by pg/said-advanced-developers for various reasons. I remember reading that there is a cool-off period to disc
by hack_edu 15y ago
IIRC these are wait times deliberately engineered by pg/said-advanced-developers for various reasons. I remember reading that there is a cool-off period to discourage hasty comments and fast growing off-topic comment trees. There also appears to be intentional slow load response times for posters with certain negative comment thresholds. I cannot officially confirm any of these.
I agree though, the restrictions are arbitrary and unnecessary.
- dhimes 15y agoI thought the cool-off time was enforced by setting progressively longer times for the "reply" link to appear as threads lengthen. The idea is that as exchanges get longer, the probability of needing a "cooling off" period before replying increases.
- ck2 15y agoThe problem is the same factors that slow negative discussion also block positive discussion. Also, I highly doubt the front page is purposely designed to take 4 seconds to load - doesn't happen all the time, but too often.