Transparency - changes to the BBS

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Were you around for the Like Strike?

The Like Strike

As noted here First of all, I am not in charge of the actual values. So you should be discussing this with the actual Boing Boing staff! Here’s what has happened so far, in chronological order to date: Early 2015: likes per day was increased to 100 May 2015: Trust level 2, 3 and 4 got daily like increases of 1.5×, 2×, and 3× respectively Feb 2016: Trust level 3 daily multiplier like increased from 2× to 3× Point #2 was a global change to all Discourse instances, everywhere not a…

Like Strike part II

@codinghorror: Some thought you were responsible for the limit. @sam explained that you were not, in one of the lounge threads. I think there is a general understanding among regulars at this point that the limit is set by BB staff, not you or Discourse. As far as starting a meta topic, there have been several as you know. No one seems to be listening though, and there is never a reason given why there needs to be a like limit. Go through any of the past discussions you quoted, and you won’t …

TL;DR effectively unlimited is better than arguing about it.