Flood Control

Ah yes the annoying Flood Control... what can i say about it? It is always there and it is always stopping me from replying more often. having to wait 180 seconds to get to post really isnt fun. what do i do in that time?

We could have two Harry Poter chats going on at one time.

We could look for new information on the Internet about Harry Potter.

We could reread Harry Potter books over and over again until we can recite them on the spot at any point in time and even say what page the passage came from.

Or we could go crazy.

You pick the one that best suits you. :P

new info is preferred to going crazy

Is the "lol" post really that bad?
It's not in my vocabulary, but I don't mind seeing it.
The few times I've seen it, it was in context and kind-of made sense.

That wasn't a rhetorical question.
I have no idea how this stuff works for you moderators.

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Speaking of you moderators, how much of this stuff do you actually read?
How do I know that you have seen, for example, the two questions above?
What would happen if I hit that "REPORT" button on my own post?
Would a bunch of annoying bells and whistles go off that would make you mad at me?

Is the "lol" post really that bad?
It's not in my vocabulary, but I don't mind seeing it.
The few times I've seen it, it was in context and kind-of made sense.

That wasn't a rhetorical question.
I have no idea how this stuff works for you moderators.

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Speaking of you moderators, how much of this stuff do you actually read?
How do I know that you have seen, for example, the two questions above?
What would happen if I hit that "REPORT" button on my own post?
Would a bunch of annoying bells and whistles go off that would make you mad at me?
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Sorry for taking a while to reply to those questions. I actually opened a new page to reply but ... got side tracked ...

So:

Would technology allow it? Yes. It would. But for that to work, we would have to arrange every member into "trustworthy" and "untrustworthy" groups. That would take a long while.

Would we allow it? Probably not. I talked to Dumbledore about it, and he said it was just a good idea to keep it on for everyone. Maybe once we get a better version of these forums we can change some settings.

Is "lol" really that bad? It's not just lol. It's spam. And yes, we get spammed. The server gets hit every eight seconds. If you hadn't noticed, the site is down every few weeks .. that's because of spam.

How much of the stuff do we actually read? We try and read all of it. But sometimes we miss some. That's how we end up with ads in the forums.

Would there be whistles? Only if your sound is on. Kidding! No. We check out every reported post. And we don't get mad about it.

Thanks.

Do you know how long it will take to get a better version of these forums? and when you do what can you do then?

The newer versions come out when they come out. We can't speed up the people who make them.

Hopefully when the next version comes out we can be able to change the settings, and lower the flood control time.

I hope so too.
Is it very complicated to change everything???