Posting limits?

May 27, 2005 2:11 PM

so, are there differences between the posting limits (once per week) on ask.mefi and metafilter proper? In other words, once you've posted anywhere on the Mefi network, do you have to wait a week to post elsewhere, or is the posting limit unique to each area?

Also, it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow. Or not. Please don't hurt me.
posted by mecran01 to Feature Requests at 2:11 PM (11 comments total)

are there differences between the posting limits (once per week) on ask.mefi and metafilter proper?

Yes. You can make a new front page post once per 24 hours on MetaFilter proper, but only once per week on Ask MetaFilter. Each one is independent of the other. If you ask a question, you can still make a post to MetaFilter a couple days later.

Also, it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow. Or not.

Naw, it's not a contest.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 2:20 PM on May 27, 2005

Thanks. I sent congratulatory new baby vibes your way when in Portland last week. My other plan was to drop some trinket in your snailbox, or festoon the city with "Haughey has a posse" stickers, but Powell's was calling, and it was raining a lot...
/thanks
posted by mecran01 at 2:48 PM on May 27, 2005

but only once per week on Ask MetaFilter.
Whenever I hear a member comment about their question being a wasted question. Then sigh, by further stating, wish the wish, question, could be retrieved. As they are missing out by while waiting for the next posts time limit to pass.
I’m not sure if the comment is for advertisement or true disappoint.
posted by thomcatspike at 3:40 PM on May 27, 2005

Also, it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow. Or not. Please don't hurt me.

Actually, that would be idiotic.
posted by kenko at 3:49 PM on May 27, 2005

kenko: Not hurting mecran01 would be idiotic?
posted by birdsquared at 4:02 PM on May 27, 2005

"it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow."

No. As soon as you give a bunch of asshats a high score board, they game the system to try to get on it. Don't encourage them.
posted by majick at 4:13 PM on May 27, 2005

Probably true, but how would you game that? Click on your buddy's answers and run up the score?
posted by mecran01 at 9:35 PM on May 27, 2005

Dude. Me and my buddies would be SO into that. Fuck windsurfing, man.
posted by squirrel at 1:06 AM on May 28, 2005

I sent congratulatory new baby vibes your way when in Portland last week.

That's nice.
posted by mathowie's baby at 2:21 AM on May 28, 2005

Also, it would be cool if "best answers" were tallied for each user, and posting frequency tied to it somehow.

Two possible answers to that suggestion:

1. Been asked before. No.
2. grep is your friend.

posted by grouse at 5:16 AM on May 28, 2005

Who needs buddies? I have sock puppets who think my answers are double-plus good.
posted by graventy at 8:32 AM on May 28, 2005