The intent is to encourage thinking before you speak -- that is, before you post multiple comments.

That's also why we have minimum character limits (currently 15) on comments.

• Let's say you're a lightning fast 100 wpm typist. If my math is correct, that means you type 1.66 words per second.

• Assuming a word is maybe 4 characters on average (factoring in the, a, an, etc) that means the minimum comment is roughly 5 words.

• 5 words * 1.66 words per second = 8.3 seconds. For the mininum comment, a barely perceptible step up from "awesome, thanks a lot man!"

It's important to note that this rate limiter only comes into effect when posting more than one comment. We do not want to encourage doing the minimum possible amount of work to post MULTIPLE comments.

A better, and hopefully more typical, comment would be something more of this length:

You still should be scared, dead King. If I read the time stamps correctly, it does not take longer than 15 minutes. Probably only ten.

That is 25 words. At 1.66 words per second for an AMAZINGLY SPEEDY 100 WPM typist that would take about 15 seconds to type. Go ahead, see how fast you can type the above. Seems about right for me.

Is it so unreasonable to ask that people take 15 seconds to read, process, and think about what they're about to type before they post comment #2?

I am open to reducing the multiple comment time limiter to 25 sliding seconds, but that's as far as I'll go.

The intent is to encourage thinking before you speak -- that is, before you post multiple comments.

That's also why we have minimum character limits (currently 15) on comments.

• Let's say you're a lightning fast 100 wpm typist. If my math is correct, that means you type 1.66 words per second.

• Assuming a word is maybe 4 characters on average (factoring in the, a, an, etc) that means the minimum comment is roughly 5 words.

• 5 words * 1.66 words per second = 3 seconds. For the mininum comment, a barely perceptible step up from "awesome, thanks a lot!"

It's important to note that this rate limiter only comes into effect when posting more than one comment. We do not want to encourage doing the minimum possible amount of work to post MULTIPLE comments.

A better, and hopefully more typical, comment would be something more of this length:

You still should be scared, dead King. If I read the time stamps correctly, it does not take longer than 15 minutes. Probably only ten.

That is 25 words. At 1.66 words per second for an AMAZINGLY SPEEDY 100 WPM typist that would take about 15 seconds to type. Go ahead, see how fast you can type the above. Seems about right for me.

Is it so unreasonable to ask that people take 15 seconds to read, process, and think about what they're about to type before they post comment #2?

I am open to reducing the multiple comment time limiter to 25 sliding seconds, but that's as far as I'll go.

edit: timer updated to 25 seconds, text changed to "only 1 comment allowed per {n} seconds; timer reset."

The intent is to encourage thinking before you speak -- that is, before you post a comment.

That's also why we have minimum character limits (currently 15) on comments.

• Let's say you're a lightning fast 100 wpm typist. If my math is correct, that means you type 1.66 words per second.

• Assuming a word is maybe 4 characters on average (factoring in the, a, an, etc) that means the minimum comment is roughly 5 words.

• 5 words * 1.66 words per second = 8.3 seconds. For the mininum comment, a barely perceptible step up from "awesome, thanks a lot man!"

It's important to note that this rate limiter only comes into effect when posting more than one comment. We do not want to encourage doing the minimum possible amount of work to post MULTIPLE comments.

A better, and hopefully more typical, comment would be something more of this length:

You still should be scared, dead King. If I read the time stamps correctly, it does not take longer than 15 minutes. Probably only ten.

That is 25 words. At 1.66 words per second for an AMAZINGLY SPEEDY 100 WPM typist that would take about 15 seconds to type. Go ahead, see how fast you can type the above. Seems about right for me.

Is it so unreasonable to ask that people take 15 seconds to read, process, and think about what they're about to type before they post comment #2?

I am open to reducing the multiple comment time limiter to 25 sliding seconds, but that's as far as I'll go.

The intent is to encourage thinking before you speak -- that is, before you post multiple comments.

That's also why we have minimum character limits (currently 15) on comments.

• Let's say you're a lightning fast 100 wpm typist. If my math is correct, that means you type 1.66 words per second.

• Assuming a word is maybe 4 characters on average (factoring in the, a, an, etc) that means the minimum comment is roughly 5 words.

• 5 words * 1.66 words per second = 8.3 seconds. For the mininum comment, a barely perceptible step up from "awesome, thanks a lot man!"

It's important to note that this rate limiter only comes into effect when posting more than one comment. We do not want to encourage doing the minimum possible amount of work to post MULTIPLE comments.

A better, and hopefully more typical, comment would be something more of this length:

You still should be scared, dead King. If I read the time stamps correctly, it does not take longer than 15 minutes. Probably only ten.

That is 25 words. At 1.66 words per second for an AMAZINGLY SPEEDY 100 WPM typist that would take about 15 seconds to type. Go ahead, see how fast you can type the above. Seems about right for me.

Is it so unreasonable to ask that people take 15 seconds to read, process, and think about what they're about to type before they post comment #2?

I am open to reducing the multiple comment time limiter to 25 sliding seconds, but that's as far as I'll go.