I'm seriously considering to stop visiting polycount for a while because of this don't wont to risk getting a virus that mess up the comp. Cant something be done to stop this?
Probably bots, can't really see why anyone would get some sort of satisfaction out of it, since no one actually reacts to the posts, and they just get deleted. A person would probably be bored of it already. And it seems especially bad today, usually they stop at like 7-8 threads, but today the whole first page of P&P and…
the time limit is just to stop the feature from being spammed since it can take a lot of resources to update the db every few seconds with reports. the idea of no time limit or a short one for regular polycounters, above maybe 500 or 1000 posts sounds like a good idea.
Ideally, this would be a constructive discussion, rather than the apparent nay-saying and other silliness that's going on. It's a problem that I'm sure we'd all like to see cleaned up, users, mods and admins alike. Make the entry questions about game art. That'll serve two purposes in getting rid of most bots and would…