We're thinking of instituting a daily maximum number of threads anyone can post in GD: Primaries.

[Skinner]

Please vote to express your opinion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4501796

And kick this thread so more DUers can see it.

[niyad]

1. k & r

[hwmnbn]

2. here's a kick for this good idea...

I voted 3 new threads.

[hay rick]

44. The I's have it

[niceypoo]

63. YAY!

[marmar]

3. I'm all for that! ...... Especially if the maximum is 0......

:)

[Yael]

4. Excellent. K&R

[Hekate]

5. 5th Rec. Anything to bring order out of chaos.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

62. Kaos? Get Smart.

But 86 is probably too many. I'd be confortable with something less than 8, but not less than 4. If there are several incredible developments, especially on a primary day, and if someone does their research, knows their stuff and writes well, limitations damage us.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

6. K &R!

:kick:

[Robbien]

7. Even more important, limit the number of recommends DUers can give to GDP threads

Recommends are handed out like candy in GDP putting a ton of garbage threads on the Greatest Page making it worthless.

IMO.

[aquart]

15. What an excellent suggestion.

[notadmblnd]

8. sounds good to me

[snappyturtle]

9. K&R kick!

:kick:

[GodlessBiker]

10. Great idea. Three a day would be more than sufficient.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. Done and done

K&R

:kick:

[TahitiNut]

12. I also think folks with Ignore Lists over a certain length should be blocked from starting threads

... in the Major Forums, where DUPLICATE (and vanity) threads are a plague. I'd place that Ignore List length limit to 10 entries. It seems to me that there's a point where ignoring other DUers should come at the cost of being prevented from posting "Me! Me! Me!" threads ... since it seems obvious that consideration for others isnpt a high priority. Indeed, DUers with lengthy Ignore Lists are FAR less likely to actually participate in DISCUSSION in the threads they initiate.

[DemoTex]

21. Excellent idea, too.

:kick:

[Warren Stupidity]

13. Excellent! Plus...

there needs to be some way to limit the pollution of the Greatest Page with "Candidate X Has Sex With Squirrels" posts.

[aquart]

14. I've been begging for that.

On the soap boards, there is a term for people who post main posts endlessly: NILS (Name In Lights Syndrome.)

[KoKo]

16. Good Idea....and can you do something about those "hidden profiles" too?

Some of the most prolific posters have hidden profiles. It's nice to know when someone joined for perspective.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

26. Great suggestion.

[LiberalFighter]

64. And what part of the country they are in.

They should at least provide their state.

For me, I used my congressional district.

[FlyingSquirrel]

72. I third (or fourth) that

3 of the top posters who have about 40 threads between them in the last 24 hours have hidden profiles.

[enlightenment]

17. I voted for three and I'm kicking!

Thanks, Skinner!

[Quantess]

71. I voted for one and I'm kicking.

[ReadTomPaine]

18. I'm also on board with three threads - that's plenty

It makes someone consider what they say before it's put before a crowd - always a good thing esp. under current circumstances.

[havocmom]

19. Thanks. Grand idea!

Time to clean the house a bit.

[Nikki Stone1]

20. I would ask those who spend most of their time there

I don't post there at all, so I really don't care.

[Change has come]

22. k&r

:kick:

[EFerrari]

23. Is there a daily max of times I can vote in this poll?

:dunce:

Thanks, Skinner. I like this idea.

[A HERETIC I AM]

24. Booted, voted, responded and rec'd. n/t

[LiveLiberally]

25. K&R

[kdpeters]

27. Request: Can we get an option to block posts to the Greatest Page?

I've tried to use the feature to block GD-Primaries, but the Greatest page is still choked up with garbage from the primaries forum.

[karlrschneider]

28. Kick and I went with 3. That's plenty enough!

:kick:

[Stinky The Clown]

29. Keep them off the Greatest Page

I'll be a happy camper if that happens

[Quantess]

67. Keep GD-P threads off Greatest Page.

Seconded.

Only until primaries are over.

[juajen]

30. K & R

[cbayer]

31. kick

[David Zephyr]

32. K&R.

:thumbsup:

[Adsos Letter]

33. kick for the big guy...

[L. Coyote]

34. Enable videos in GD:P

to keep the partisan primary videos out of Political Videos

[intaglio]

35. k&r n/t

[NC_Nurse]

36. Thanks. Good idea.

I voted 5. :-)

[Lone_Star_Dem]

37. Done and thank you.

:kick:

[robinlynne]

38. YES!

[robinlynne]

39. Will you hand count our votes or run them through a deibold?

[Justpat]

40. K&R n/t

[HCE SuiGeneris]

41. Very much in agreement. There are a certain few that definitely need restraining.

Kick.

[Lil Missy]

42. kick

[knitter4democracy]

43. I think three is enough.

I cannot for the life of me figure out why someone would need to post more than that.

[Holly_Hobby]

45. Yes! More control is what Democracy needs! n/t

[Cronopio]

46. Excellent idea. nt

[kentuck]

47. How many times can I stand up and yell "Fire!" ?

on a discussion board? Isn't that democracy?

[Hawkowl]

48. three is enough.......nt

[understandinglife]

49. Recommend. And, I vote ONE per day ....

[snot]

50. Hear, hear! Personally,

I usually come to DU for news, but lately it's been slim pickings because of the volume of posts about candidates, many of which seem to me to be focussed on relatively trivial matters.

[Kurovski]

51. Kick. (nt)

[krkaufman]

52. Another option...

... return to holding DUers accountable for basic civility.

[Lil Missy]

53. bedtime kick

:kick:

[kirby]

54. Bad idea...

You already segregated posts into a separate 'Primaries' subgroup. Rather than limit posting, why cant readers of DU exercise a little restraint and ignore the threads or just stay out of the Primaries group?

If such a limitation is imposed I would suggest a high number.

Better yet, have you run statistics to see who the abusers are and what the quality of the messages are from those posters? Perhaps that would be a better, more scientific metric than everyone just guessing what number 'feels' right.

[karlrschneider]

55. It's not so much abusers as it is just plain old assholes...

:shrug:

[frog92969]

56. K&R

Thank you.

[countryjake]

57. kicked & voted... Now I'm off to get my de-contamination treatment...

after reading for only a little while over in that forum!

Kudos to the mods for trying to deal with such a melee!

[aintitfunny]

58. Sounds like a plan (kick)

[lonestarnot]

59. Fair enough.

[Unbowed]

60. k&r

[bluedawg12]

61. Skinner: what is the reason for this? n/t

[LiberalFighter]

65. Skinner: About how many threads and postings each day average are there in?

GD: Primaries

GD:

GD: Political (before the switch)

[emilyg]

66. Skinner

Stop thinking - do it!!

[thereismore]

68. 3 is plenty. nt

[Dangerously Amused]

69. Why limit this to GD:P?

I would be in favor or an across-the-site rule limiting threads started by one person in a day.

[Quantess]

70. Because GD-P is being abused.

You don't see that kind of "spamming" abuse on GD or elsewhere.