On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 10:41 AM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008, Ian Kelly wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Sgeo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I will note that performing the same action 1,000 times takes at least >>>> 9 copies and 14 pastes; the same action 10,000 times takes at least 13 >>>> copies and 17 pastes, which is not significantly more effort. > > The point of the CFJ decision was not the physical/mental effort it takes > to make a post (that can be automated), but that knowing you're about to make > a long post of 1000 actions is a social barrier, you'll think twice before > you decide if it's worth bothering everyone with it. If you can get away > with Sgeo's "I do X 999 times", then (as was just clearly illustrated) > you'll just do it for trivial actions if you're bored, but if you have to > spell out all 999 you'll only do it if there's some real benefit (e.g. > "legitimate" scam). -Goethe >
I'm beginning to favor (as root suggested) some sort of a system to limit the number of repetitive actions a player can take within a certain time period. It would make scams considerably more difficult (which I don't see as a bad thing) and greatly reduce recordkeeping nightmares. BobTHJ
