Perhaps someone who wants to discuss different things? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I would conversely ask how limiting the number of new threads one can post in any given day deters or impedes their right to speak? Particularly when it's on the same subject as several other threads on that same page. They can still reply to an existing thread on that same topic if they want.
If a person has a specific problem with their MBP, and yet started earlier unrelated threads, they can no longer get help. That certainly sounds like a deterrence, especially if the problem is critical and suddenly cropped up. They'll move on to another site for support and help because we put in a limit of how many threads people can start.
Are you saying you are annoyed that a small group of people are starting threads before you (or other members) and you want the opportunity to start a thread on a given topic instead of joining an existing one?
If it won't affect most people,how much of an issue is this really? Do you have examples of one person starting many threads day in and day out? How is this impacting your visit to MacRumors?
So you're saying if I have a bad MB that I may need to post more than 10 new threads on it per day in that given forum? This isn't realistic and if that were actually the case one would expect a moderator to get in there and redirect accordingly.
It pollutes the experience for others when one or two people dominate the board, people are far more likely to simply stay out of it rather than reporting every thread. One of the biggest problems with this board is the fact that it fosters a "report everything" environment of finger pointing when it simply needs proper management by staff.
Yes, this is EXACTLY what I am saying. Let other people have a chance to join in, that is what open discussion is about. I suspect some of this argument is subjective to one's beliefs, in the end it's your board (or at least you are part of the staff) so this is your call, but IMO letting a couple of people hog the board takes the wind out of it for everyone else who may want to otherwise participate.
It will only affect those who abuse it, that's the point.
You're the one stating that people need to be limited in creating threads, I provided an example of how it could have a negative impact.
So other members are more active than you, and you want to punish them to give you better opportunity to create threads - seems kind of extreme ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Especially as it shouldn't matter who creates the thread but rather being part of the dialog. You seem to be more interested in being the OP rather than being part of a discussion. Just my $.02
This has absolutely zero to do with “me” being the OP and completely misses the point but I’ll just agree to disagree here.
Huh? People were complaining about PRSI dominating the forum? Don't they know you can hide it easily?
This is a great point and I do use the ignore feature as well. The biggest issue with that when you are interested in the forum itself, is when someone else starts a new topic not realizing that one of the others (who seem to literally live in that forum) have beaten them to the punch, which in its own right is also fair. But if that person is on ignore, you'll never know you posted on top of them, then you get a moderation notification and are clueless as to why.
