As a newbie, what I find a bit discouraging, in terms of the limits, is limiting the number of post one makes. In point of fact, I had to wait a day to answer this poll and post this. I would like to be very active, but once my daily limit is reached for posting and downloading, I turn off the forum. I do this because if I don't, I generate a backlog of writing which turns into more a chore than a joy.
It is more fun to be spontaneous and explore rather than contrive to bookmark a thread for the future and then go back a day or so later and write a response. At the moment of reading one wishes to respond. A a response at a later time doesn't seem as valuable since enthusiasm may have diminished.
Also, I believe limits on posting, at least for me, keep me from casual comments or commenting at all since there are only so many posts one can make a day. And I believe the actual count is not accurate...I could have sworn I only made four posts today and it says I made eight or so.
I have also noticed that responses from many posters tend to come in the form of appreciation, but not necessarily heart felt. I believe many posters post blah but nice comments just to beef up their download limit. While this does generate a large number of posts, they are almost spam-ish in content. This type of post is also very easy to bypass since they are usually one short line, so no biggie really.
All this being said, I think the limit thing is working overall since there seems to be very little flaming and there is lots of activity. It might be better for newbies to have a somewhat larger quota after a week or so of interest in the forum...maybe this is the case already and I am just unaware since I am a newbie. Regardless of what is entailed, I will most likely be around for quite awhile and the limits on downloading and posting are just more a pain in the ass than a real deterrent from the forum...but then I am not a casual ladyboy fan either.
...and really, who the hell would want me to have the ability to post more? I can certainly run my mouth on and on and on and on and on and on...
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