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I never found that an issue whilst being a lower rank, and most people won’t really meet those limits that easily. For those that do, this is the subjacent algorithm used, which I believe affects both posting and search cool down time in the same manner:
What are the time limits on posting and the levels??
I know 360 seconds are for new people like me, but was wondering if there was break down somewhere on this.
waittime = 360;
if(activity >= 15)
waittime = (int)(90 - activity);
if(activity >= 60)
waittime=(int)(34.7586 - (0.0793103 * activity));
if(activity >= 100)
waittime = max((int)(14-(activity/50)), 4);
It is Activity based (not Rank based), and once you’re past 15 points on this counter, things go rather much smoother. Even so, if need be (i.e. due to business reasons), one can further accelerate the process by acquiring a
Copper Membership, which reduces the wait time by 75% (see
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2385104.msg24371150#msg24371150).