good point pelican, or maybe an indicator to let us know how many posts are left for this time slot....... I kinda like we have limits, keeps it a bit disciplined and stops long winded posts or someone just over posting relentlessly.

Also, with the multi handles per person, also I'd suggest getting rid of a nick name that can claim it has a few people posting from it such as org nicknames... it's easier to be HarryformBlaBlaOrg...

As an alternative to pelican's suggestion, could I suggest:

The window of time for which the limits apply were to be reduced from 24 hours to, say, 23 or 22 hours.

It would surely be an extremely simple administrative change, most likely requiring that only one value be changed in one, or possibly two, configuration files.

That way it would be easier to post at the same time each day.

What happens now is that the time of posting must often necessarily move forward from one day to the next, that is, unless people can manage to post at exactly the same time from one day to the next.

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Christopher wrote, "I'll try to avoid feeding them in future. As is evident in this thread it only encourages them."

How convenient, Christopher!

Funny how Christopher will always find a way to avoid answering any direct question I put to him and will never acknowledge the content of my posts.

Anyway, as I wrote earlier, "it is a common tactic of trolls and their supporters to falsely accuse their detractors of trolling."

And, speaking to Christopher as one OLO 'troll', I could well do without any more such 'feeding' by the likes of you, thank you very much, and I am sure the same goes for a good many other OLO 'trolls'.

Let's hope that, for the sake of OLO users, you mean what you say.

Maybe also some smileys... ok I know this sounds dumb, but text, especially when things can be so inflamed, can be so easy to misinterpret. I have many times been joking only to be misread... so a smile frown or tears icon etc lets people see the emotion and gather more of the intention of the post.

Could help stop a lot of hurt feelings.

I just realised my error - of course I meant 12midnight - 12midnight or 2400hrs-2400hrs for the military minded. :)

I don't think there are many trolls frequenting OLO. At least none that meet the Wikipaedia criterion of having "the intention of provoking other users into an emotional response or to generally disrupt normal on-topic discussion."

What we DO have is a number of posters who begin threads with absolutely no intention of engaging in a debate or acknowledging other points of view. Instead, they simply mock or howl down anyone who doesn't agree with their original statements.

daggett: << ...do you or don't you concede that the use of a second account on OLO could ever be justified >>

Not while it's against the forum rules, James.