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What about 4 posts a day as the limit?
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The rules are enforced mostly via an algorithm that has no concern for your point of view and applies the rules completely equally. We back it up with a suspension system so there is a consequence for breaking the rules.
Why do we impose post limits? In the first place I think of this as a town meeting. Most large scale regular meetings that I am aware of impose restrictions on the number of times that you can speak, and how long you can speak. It ensures everyone gets a go and that long-winded speakers don't end up intimidating others and monopolising the conversation.
On top of that, experience suggests that without limits the forum would quickly degenerate. When we started discussion threads on OLO there were no limits. It quickly got out of control. There was a large number of posts, but it wasn't a pleasant place to go so the quality wasn't high and there was a problem with abuse. So we adopted the posting rules and applied them via programming rules.
Before we started the forum we also had an email forum. We applied posting rules to it which worked more or less well, but after a time it tended to be the same people and they tended to abuse each other. Then I stopped applying the rules and let them post as often as they liked. I closed it down a couple of months ago because it degenerated even more.
The posting rules that we use are adapted from ones that are recommended by Steven Clift of Minnesota eDemocracies - one of the most respected pioneers in this area.
I don't believe that freedom comes without limits, and in fact that greater freedom can come with the right limits - liberty doesn't equal licence. I'll continue this in the next post.