Shoutbox flood detection/rate limiting

[Syko Nachoman]

As you can see, it's possible for one user to fill up the shoutbox with lots of spam messages. I posted all of those and a few more in the span of 20-30 seconds. I'm thinking some sort of rate limit, perhaps one shout every 10 seconds (or an admin-defined limit), would be useful to have.

[VS Admin]

I believe it's set to one shout per second, with no limit for admins. We don't want you constantly hitting error messages just because you type fast.

[Syko Nachoman]

That's a good point. In that case, maybe you could limit the number of consecutive messages a user can send in a time frame, for example, up to 4 consecutive messages in a 60-second span. I understand the need to allow users to send multiple messages in the shoutbox, but I don't like thinking that someone could abuse this and quickly flood the shoutbox to make all the previous shouts disappear.

[VS Admin]

At the same time, the shoutbox really is just "temporary" messages. It's not like making a post on a board where you need it to stay for all time. Someone posted a bunch of messages your shoutbox? Okay, no big deal, let the conversation continue...

[●● JaeFeathered.]

Will we at least be allowed to modify the rate limit if we want?

[VS Admin]

No, we don't let you customize any rate limits. We impose them on our end to ensure our servers can handle the number of requests coming in.

[flyoffacliff]

Oct 7, 2012 17:29:09 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

No, we don't let you customize any rate limits. We impose them on our end to ensure our servers can handle the number of requests coming in.

But if we set the time limit longer, that would reduce load on your server, because people would not be able to submit as many requests.

[●● JaeFeathered.]

^ Agreed. I'd really like to be able to increase the amount of time allowed between shouts, even if it's only 3-5 seconds.

[VS Admin]

I'm sorry, but this feature will not be offered at launch

[Shorty]

Oct 11, 2012 13:43:53 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

I'm sorry, but this feature will not be offered at launch

Would it possible via plugin?

[VS Admin]

Oct 11, 2012 15:31:13 GMT -8 Shorty said:

Oct 11, 2012 13:43:53 GMT -8 VS Admin said:

I'm sorry, but this feature will not be offered at launch

Would it possible via plugin?

I imagine that it would be possible with a code.

[Shorty]

Alright. I mean I don't want to change it. Just seeing if there was others ways for other people. Thanks!

[Chris]

Oct 11, 2012 16:09:39 GMT -8 Shorty said:

Alright. I mean I don't want to change it. Just seeing if there was others ways for other people. Thanks!

I don't see any restrictions that would prevent it from being implemented via plugin, as of right now.

[Shorty]

Oct 11, 2012 19:28:37 GMT -8 Chris said:

Oct 11, 2012 16:09:39 GMT -8 Shorty said:

Alright. I mean I don't want to change it. Just seeing if there was others ways for other people. Thanks!

I don't see any restrictions that would prevent it from being implemented via plugin, as of right now.

I really didn't either. I was more just asking to confirm for the people that wanted it lol. But it would need some super genious coder like you Chris to do it. Lol!

[Ryan Roos]

Good thing Chris hangs around support then.