> I wonder if this is coming because they can't keep up with the write load. Wouldn't an easier solution for that be to tighten the rate limiting for posting?

> I wonder if this is coming because they can't keep up with the write load. Wouldn't an easier solution for that be to tighten the rate limiting for posting? > The only other reason I can fathom why they would doing this is they eventually intend to heavily push ads over their network I think that's pretty much it.