What the story about how many posts a regular member can post?

Jojo123 · 2025-07-28T01:45:49+00:00

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Hi,

I had two questions which I posted (a day or so ago) one shortly after the other, and I got an error saying Id posted too soon (90 seconds) and Id been blocked because of spam and was locked out for 600seconds (10 minutes! )

Seriously is this normal NI? I can understand a blcok for new members but surely those who are here regularly shouldn't have to be blocked like this???

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Jeremy_NI

@Jojo123 I checked with the platform. Unfortunately; it's not possible to lift this anti spamming feature only for certain members. I've changed the limit to 2 new posts within 90 seconds, that should cover most cases. these anti spam features are very handy to limit spam bots and other spam attents.

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PoorFellow

This appear to require your insight @Jeremy_NI .

mykejb

I've not seen that before - it might be due to the forum update software. I'll flag it to the forum team.

Jojo123

OK thanks guys, I should've taken a screenshot, but NI should see it in their logs somewhere maybe.

@Jeremy_NI yes please confirm what the rules are if any so we know where we are.

Jeremy_NI

@Jojo123 This wasn't reported before. Do you experience it regularly or was this just a one off? Will look into it.

Jojo123

Hi @Jeremy_NI , I don't think I've ever posted 2 back to back posts quickly one after the other. They were just quick questions. I'll have to try it out as a test, inside 90 seconds. (pretty sure it said 90 seconds) I'll do it in the tech forum and maybe you could just delete them afterwards?

Jojo123

So I tried a second post. I got an error again. Ive taken a screenshot but I can't see anywhere I can upload a pik anymore from my HDD. Has that also changed with the new forum? EDIT: Now I can see where I can upload pik from HDD - Weird!!! All I had was Insert table, Insert media,and emoji picker.

The message says :

"You have posted 1 times within 90 seconds. A spam block is now in effect on your account. You must wait at least 600 seconds before attempting to post again."

PoorFellow

Kaiwan_NI is looking into the problem…

Jeremy_NI

Jojo123

@Jeremy_NI OK thanks for checking and making that change. Yes that should pretty much cover everything and as I said, Ive never posted 2 posts in quick succession before so its uncommon. Anyway its good to know where the line is drawn.

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