The 60 second rule....

[thetmfobserver]

...Mils will eventually post so much, Myriads will remove the 60 second rule for him.

 

[paracarl44]

Just got hit with a 4 second wait because of the 60 second rule.

 

[thetmfobserver]

...Sometimes I forget I'm posting, and I wait longer than 60 seconds. I'm ashamed...

 

[Angel77]

I wonder why there is such a rule???

 

[milagros317]

I wonder why there is such a rule???

It keeps a hacker from setting up a program that would make 10,000 posts per minute to the TMF, overwhelming its server and making it crash.

Nevertheless, I think the same end could be achieved by having a 15-second rule instead.

If not for the 60-second rule, I would have over 350,000 posts by now.

 

[paracarl44]

Do you know that it takes seven seconds to slurp coffee?

 

[herts tickler]

i use the time to chase any stray vagabonds and maraudering street urchins away from me abode. without the 60 second rule they would overwhelm me and touch me with theyre dirty palms.

 

[milagros317]

Here's what I really think of the 60-second rule:

 

[paracarl44]

Just had to wait nineteen seconds because of the Sixty Second Rule.

 

[thetmfobserver]

I've spent most of my morning waiting for the GD 60 second rule. Thankfully, Dave Chappelle is keeping me company, otherwise I'd never survive. I'm waiting again! Curses!!!

 

[leafstk]

Rules were made to be broken... there's gotta be a way!

 

[thetmfobserver]

Sometimes I time it just right. . . This was not one of those times. . .

 

[paracarl44]

You could play The Ball On The String Game between posts.

 

[thetmfobserver]

Sometimes I just sit and stare angrily at the screen

 

[milagros317]

I hate the 60-second rule.

 

[thetmfobserver]

Sometimes, when I know I have to wait, I find a place to post, and then I just ramble on and on, until I think I have surpassed the required wait limit. . .

Then I realize I have 12 more seconds, so I continue to blither blather. . .

 

[paracarl44]

Just got caught for three seconds.

 

[thetmfobserver]

I wish that TMF members could apply to have the 60 second rule removed. If we've been here long enough, and we're obviously not spammers, we could appeal for salvation.

 

[paracarl44]

I just got caught for six seconds.

 

[thetmfobserver]

I hope I don't get caught

 

[milagros317]

I've never liked the 60-second rule.

 

[thetmfobserver]

Do you remember when it was a 30 second rule, and life was amazing?

35 seconds left. . . This is ridiculous. Ah well. How's life, everyone? I hope you enjoy the winter storm, if you're a North-eastern-er

8 more. Unnnghh

 

[paracarl44]

I just got caught for thirteen seconds.

 

[thetmfobserver]

movie previews help soften the pain

 

[thetmfobserver]

I think that if you plan on posting, but you get distracted and forget you're doing so, the 60 second rule should be waived temporarily to make up for lost time