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[JackDaydream]

I am writing this because I tried to create a new thread today. I understand that there is a new rule that that new threads have to be kept for moderation. This is fair enough, but I got a message back to say that I could not write a post in such a short time. I had not written a post for over an hour and it was a reply to someone. So, I have no idea whether the thread question which I created is rejected, or whether it will be seen by a moderator for possible inclusion.

I have seen this site as such as a positive platform. However, recently, it seems that so much has changed. It is not possible to access any of Sushan's threads unless one is a premium member, which makes it so elitist, especially if Sushan's threads on book discussions are only open to premium members. Of course, Scott is right to say that reading of the book is important but people have variable access to books and I would have thought that the introduction of the topic could be explanatory enough, as people used to engage in this way.

So, here I am wishing to engage in philosophy discussion, but feeling marginalised. I have had some meaningful philosophy discussion on this site but unsure to what extent this is possible in the future, and more and more ways of making the site an inclusive group are being introduced amongst the ranks of premium members as the hierarchy of importance. I am unsure if the message I got was a form of exclusion or a technical hitch. As it is, I am unsure where I stand. I don't think that I am a troll and I wished to contribute to philosophy discussions and had seen the site as one for open participation and exchange of ideas.

[Eckhart Aurelius Hughes]

I got a message back to say that I could not write a post in such a short time. I had not written a post for over an hour and it was a reply to someone.

My best guess is that you actually may have accidentally double-clicked the submit button, or accidentally re-loaded the submission page, either by hitting refresh or your browser's back button.

The error message you are describing is a flood limit, many to block spam bots from flooding the forum, so you would have submit two people really quickly to trigger it.

In any case, it sounds like a technical glitch of some kind of another. Unless it happens again, I wouldn't worry about it.