You know that you have to wait a certain amount of time between each post you make, right? This is known as the “60 seconds rule” or the “120 seconds rule” if you are a New Scratcher.

There should be a countdown timer displaying how long you have to wait until you can post again. This timer should be visible by the message box where you write your post.

This suggestion would be a handy feature, even if unnecessary.

I wait for like a minute after a post tells me that I have to wait for 60 seconds, and more than a minute later, I click submit, and then it said, “You need to wait 60 seconds”. How am I supposed to know if I really waited those 60 seconds or not? See, this would be useful enough!

Charles12310 wrote:

I wait for like a minute after a post tells me that I have to wait for 60 seconds, and more than a minute later, I click submit, and then it said, “You need to wait 60 seconds”. How am I supposed to know if I really waited those 60 seconds or not? See, this would be useful enough!

support for what he said

Support!

100% support. I don't post often (at the time of writing), but I can see how this would help others!

Charles12310 wrote:

I wait for like a minute after a post tells me that I have to wait for 60 seconds, and more than a minute later, I click submit, and then it said, “You need to wait 60 seconds”. How am I supposed to know if I really waited those 60 seconds or not? See, this would be useful enough!

^^ time is not time… support!

oh and what do you know, 60-second rule hits me now!

Support. The only thing I'm worry about here is the amount of server power it might need.

Thanks guys! This is the most support I have gotten in a long time.

No support, mostly because I think it is unnecessary.

yzyzyz wrote:

Support. The only thing I'm worry about here is the amount of server power it might need.

No support for this reason. Maybe it can tell you the number of seconds whenever you reload the page so it doesn’t have to constantly update that time?

Support! It would be best to show this across the entire forum section, so you can still see your countdown while looking at another topic.

aking_ wrote:

No support, mostly because I think it is unnecessary.

Saying “it's unnecessary” without a reason is not a valid way of not liking this idea.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is a duplicate.
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/54356/

bigpuppy wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is a duplicate.
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/54356/

That's for 120 seconds, not both 60 and 120.

Just saying.

Charles12310 wrote:

Saying “it's unnecessary” without a reason is not a valid way of not liking this idea.

Yes it is. Saying “it's unnecessary” shows that we don't need this.

aking_ wrote:

Charles12310 wrote:

Saying “it's unnecessary” without a reason is not a valid way of not liking this idea.

Yes it is. Saying “it's unnecessary” shows that we don't need this.

But how is it unnecessary? How are the advantages bad? Other users might not think the same, so how are we supposed to believe you?

aking_ wrote:

No support, mostly because I think it is unnecessary.

oh, alright then. However I would like to hear why you think this isn't needed.

bigpuppy wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is a duplicate.
https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/54356/

Thank you. I don't think the idea is so specific that an extra thread to mention that there's a 60 second timer too is really necessary.