My five minutes is up, I can post again...

wtf is with this? is it to curb the trolls?

Yup

Haven't experienced yet, but if this 'feature' is for general posting not just individually topic specific it will be a major PITA and a detriment to MP experience. E.g. reading over forums on your cell (anytime in advance) and wanting to post responses to multiple topics when you get to a keyboard.... This would be lame...

Tom Sherman wrote:Haven't experienced yet, but if this 'feature' is for general posting not just individually topic specific it will be a major PITA and a detriment to MP experience. E.g. reading over forums on your cell (anytime in advance) and wanting to post responses to multiple topics when you get to a keyboard.... This would be lame...

It's been this way for over a year (maybe 2 or 3 even). If you haven't noticed yet, it probably won't affect you.

Ahah! I stand corrected, sorry. So dare I ask, how'd those Chinese posts get through at 7ish this morning, I didn't count letters, but looked like the same username, and posted 59mins, next forum 58mins, etc...

I think you're assuming it's a single post per 5 minutes. That's not the case. It's complicated and based on many factors including your history on MP. It's partially because of this system that we only see a FEW of those Chinese posts instead of thousands.