[HPFGU-Feedback] 5 Posts per day limit

[susiequsie23]

Shorty Elf wrote:
> <The 5-post limit is *in* the posting rules; it's *in* the Humongous
> BigFile.  Those members who've been at HPfGU for more than a few months 
> know
> that we moved from 3 to 5.  I do not understand what this evidence is that
> the limit is "unfamiliar.>

Saitaina:
> I didn't know this was changed and I've been a member since 2001.  When 
> did
> this happen?

Shorty:
Hee.  'Twas announced June 15 '06:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/153892


Saitaina:
> Maybe it's just been that damn long since I was an active list member and
> and elf, but I always thought so long as the posts did something for the
> discusscion, were had substance and were far more then a one liner, that
> rule was ignored.  In fact, way back when, when I had an active role, I
> barley remembered the rule in the first place.

Shorty:
"That damn long" -- hee, you mean back in the days when membership was, 
what?, 8000? 10,000?  <g>  This recent "HPfGU featured at Yahoo!Groups's 
homepage" business has caused another huge jump in membership, along with 
those that happened after OotP and HBP.  We're at 24,475 at the moment!  NOT 
that that has anything to do with the overall goal of wanting posts which 
advance discussion -- that's still the goal! -- but it does impact list 
administration and potentially posting volume.

Saitaina:
> While members always have input, in the end any decision IS left to the 
> whim
> of the elves (and back in the day, the Mod Tower).   Well, not whim so 
> much
> as what the elves can do for the better of the list and saving their 
> sanity.

Shorty:
I do think saving sanity is part of it! :)  DISCLAIMER:  I speak for myself 
and no other elf.


Saitaina:
> Threads of discussion are lost
> as replies are combined into topics that one might accidently skip over.
> While this would not be a problem if all the replies were to the same 
> thread
> of discussion, it does get a bit annoying when the replies are to SEVERAL
> topics of discussion, as some members post.  You have to play a guessing
> game to figure out which messages are replies to your topic and which
> aren't, unless its' explicitly spelled out in the subject line.

Shorty:
FWIW, I don't think elves ever actually encourage *this* kind of combining 
of responses, Saitaina.  What is suggested is a combining of responses 
*within* a thread... and that is not a new suggestion.


Saitaina:
> And while I doubt it weights much, that's just my opinion on the subject. 
> I
> know the rule has been reviewed recently enough to be changed and yay for
> that, I just have issues with the rule itself and those are my issues.  I
> fully understand that and in the end I side with the elves doing what they
> think is best for the list when it all comes down to it.

Shorty:
Heavens, you *should* weigh in!  You're right that this was fairly recently 
discussed (spring of '06), as was the original decision to go to a 
3-post-per-day limit.  Both times pretty extensively.  There were multiple 
reasons for the decision to go to 3 posts, again to raise it to 5 posts. 
Doesn't mean either decision was "right" or "perfect," and certainly no 
matter what the elves do, it's not going to suit every member.

Shorty, avoiding some of the rationale discussion for now because she only 
ever seems to have about 5 mins. to devote to any one response!