Jeroen Massar writes:
Limiting to less than 3 per day would be the same as suspending for X
hours.
They would both be the same only if they were carried out in the same
way.
If either method is applied to specific users, it's still just
arbitrary censorship. If it is applied equally to everyone by a
robot, then it's fair.
Next to that it might also inhibit one from fixing a statement,
though of course one should re-read their post before posting.
Life is tough. As long as the same restrictions apply to _everyone_,
no problem.
Mailman is python and it should not be to difficult to add per-poster
counters, but this would also require that the secretariat applies those
patches and then hope that these changes are really working perfectly
well. A lot of testing would be required. Many people depend on the list
software, breaking it is not something that will be taken lightly ;)
Also avoiding such counters can be done easily by using multiple
subscriptions, but indeed that would be obvious.
Excuses, excuses. The urge to manually and subjectively _censor_ is
irresistibly strong, is it not?
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