A/B rules

[Muffet]

I had my postings blocked a few weeks ago. I queried with Editor. Long long delay, then reply from Technical saying that I had been cut off automatically because I had sent 3 postings within 5 minutes, and had to send explanation to Editor. I don't know when this 'offence' took place, and I had no reply to my 'explanation', but I find I've been reconnected. Has anyone come across this rule, or been affected by it? It seems a bit of an odd one, to say the least.

[shaneystar2]

They are a bit too zap happy on here at times .
They do it to prevent people spamming the site .Plus to try and prevent trolls . I suppose it does help to cut out some of that element but doesn't help us here in Q&P when quite often we post quickly within a short time frame .
Bung your concerns on Suggestions ...the Editor will have to look at it then ! Plus you may get some answers from others who have befallen the same fate !

[sarumite]

I can vaguely remember seeing mention of this within
thread(s) on the AB suggestions section a while ago, from other ABers who were also mystified at this action.
I don't believe there was any satisfactory explanation at the time, although it was suggested that it probably applied to 3 separate questions rather than 3 answers within 5 minutes.

[poodledoo]

I too have been blocked, and only found out by referring to my profile, again without explanation. Consequently I doubt whether this communication will be posted. I fInd that when I press the submit button, the computer does not respond straight away, so I press the button again, and before you know it you've submitted 2 answers.

[Muffet]

Thanks very much, Shaneystar and Sarumite. Very kind of you to reply. I might not mind so much if I knew what the occasion was, but - to quote - 'the Editorial team will not enter into discussion on why a user has been banned'. Thank you for the idea of putting it in Suggestions. I'll do that. I have asked at least twice for someone to tell me where the rule appears, but replies don't seem to be readily forthcoming.

[cheshunt]

Try posting all your questions on one entry. As far as I know there is no limit that way.

[gen2]

I am sure it only applies to questions. After it was last raised in suggestions (I think by dot.H) I was initially careful but got carried away about a week ago answering multiple questions in a thread. Before I knew it, I had given 5 answers within 5 minutes. I was not banned - hence my deduction that it only applies to starting threads.

[POINCIANA]

How does Gen2 find five unanswered in five minutes? Must be very quick on the draw?

[Muffet]

Many thanks, gen2 and POINCIANA.. I appreciate your help. The only question I've posed apart from this one was months ago, so it must be answers. A possible explanation could be a problem that I had a while ago, when I posted an answer, but it didn't appear. I kept trying to get it to go through. The attempts didn't appear on the site, but I found that they had in My Profile. Maybe they did register after all, and there were just too many. Other than that, it's not too difficult to be sending 3 or more postings inside 5 minutes, particularly if one of the sendings contains an error that has to be corrected. Thanks again.

[granny grump]

Still being fairly new to the site - maybe not just new but slow on the uptake - can anyone explain what trolls an spam are?

[Muffet]

Thanks, granny grump. I hope you'll get an answer. .
Just for interest, I put forward a suggestion about banning , but it has been removed. It's all a bit mysterious.