In an effort to cut down on some of the, um, excesses here in the General Discussion: Primaries forum, the admins are considering instituting a limit on the number of threads that any participant may post in this forum in any 24 hour period.

We believe that this approach would be both fair and easy to enforce. It is our belief that the vast majority of members do not actually start that many threads. And in particular, members who tend to be productive and non-inflammatory participants on our website likely start the fewest threads, because such threads require the most thought and effort to produce. Posting two dozen threads of thoughtful analysis is a lot harder than posting two dozen threads of inflammatory one-liners.

So, here is your poll question:

What is maximum number of threads that a person should be permitted to post in the General Discussion: Primaries forum in a single 24-hour period?

Put another way:

What is the maximum number of threads that a productive, non-inflammatory participant in the General Discussion: Primaries forum would want or need to post in the General Discussion: Primaries forum in a single day?

To be clear: The maximum would be for new discussion threads only -- replies would continue to be unlimited.

Choose the answer that is closest to your opinion. If you oppose this idea entirely, then you should vote for the last option "Unlimited threads."

Note: We will judge the results of the poll based on the distribution of responses. In other words, the answer which has 50% of respondents below and 50% of respondents above will be considered to be the consensus choice. We are not going to simply choose the single option that gets the most votes. For the record, this is a non-binding poll of DU member opinion, and the DU admins are not committing ourselves to the result.

Please kick and recommend this thread so more DUers can see it. This poll will remain open until midday tomorrow, Sunday, February 10.