Should myLot initiate a time delay between allowed posts?

I think it's easier for them becuse they aren't posting anything that requires mor than 3 brain cells to answer and it's usually a violation of the myLot rules.

if somebody has framed questions already and written in word processor so that he remembers them (then he posts them simultaneously) , then, what should we do? if case is like this, then we should forgive

I agree that there would be an impact to good users, and it wouldn't stop all of these spammers. But I still think it would be a good idea.

yes i am also thinking like that it is really good idea

I think you have a great point, and not just because it aligns with my own view. Flooding is such a bad problem, and it's no different on myLot, and cause users like you, me and all the other good users to have to waste time sifting through the crap or waiting for new discussions with at least some substance to be started. And I totally agree with your last sentence. If you have something of substance to say, it usually takes more than a minute to write a good discussion. And in that one minute after you post your discussion you can find and reply to a different discussion, then go and start another if you have another question/discussion of substance.

You don't have to ask, I know exactly who you are talking about. It's sad, really. Just sad.

It's true that that may help as well (putting in a word limit) but just like the time delay, people will find a way around it, whether it's posting useless words or characters after their questions is posted or whatever else they can think of.

If someone is determined to break the rules and take advantage of the system, he/she will do it no matter what. It's true that a time delay wouldn't work for ALL of these spammers but it would help. The question would be, I guess, would the benefit of a time delay outweight the cost to the users to obey the rules?

It is true that it could inhibit some peole who have a LOT on their minds to discuss and come up with topics of substance very quickly. But in this case I think it warrants it. We're here to post as much as possible, but topics need to have substance and follow the rules. "Most" of the people that post topics once every 30 seconds are generally not following the rules. Think about it though: You need to come up with a title/topic and then of course write your content. Normal people, even fast typers, who have something of substace to say usually take more than 30 seconds to write their discussion. That's not to say that some people don't have a topic of substance that is very short. I'm just saying that "most" definately aren't.

I know.. and I do. I agree 100% with you. Anything outright and blatant is when I take action.

Heck yeah! Hopefully they'll learn, sooner rather than later, that these won't get them anywhere and are just annoying everyone. With our help, myLot can get rid of these posts, and preferably give the violators a stern warning.

I disagree, only to the extent that if myLot did this automatically, they wouldn't ask for our help in pointing these instances out.

I think myLot *may* improve the rates once they've provide themselves a way to foolproof the system from exactly the people we are talking about.

This is quite true, but think about how many things in the real world or the same way. People who abuse the rules cause problems for everyone else. Shoplifters cause prices of goods to rise, and that's just one example. It happens a LOT in the real world, but even a short delay of a minute would be better than nothing. If you have something of substance to say, a one minute delay is nothing.