5 Posts per day limit

[potioncat]

 Siriusly Snapey Susan
> Should said fellow establish a pattern of posting 6 every day... or 
> 8 or 9 in one day... then maybe one of those friendly (we hope!) 
> Elfy Reminders will appear in your Inbox.


Potioncat, having met her 5 post limit at the main list, wanders around 
looking for a place to post...any place...any topic...How about those 
Cubs!

Well, a long time ago, I was very vocal against the post limit. Then, 
the list conducted a trial and I became a believer!! At that time, the 
limit was 3. Five seems a cornucopia of possibilities!

With no limit at all, you get a lot of chit-chat, one liners and 
running gags. (all right, I do miss the running gags) You have posters 
who read one post, respond, read the next post, respond. As a reader, 
you end up reading the same points over and over because too many 
posters aren't responding to the thread but to individual posts. And to 
be honest, the running gags aren't funny if you aren't in on them at 
the time. Reading them a few days later is a waste.

I think quality improved with the limit. It was worth it to look up 
canon, you don't have to feel like you're in a race to be the first 
with the idea. You can actually take the time to develop the idea. For 
a while, posters used to cut and past several posts into one reply, 
keeping the posts from one thread together. I don't see so much of that 
any more. I'm not sure if it's because of yahoo's new (newer, newest) 
format, or if it's something else.

Anyway, that's my opinion. I hope I didn't repeat too much, I did read 
back for a couple of days.