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    We have actually already taken this into account! In general, high-rep users should not see any additional rate-limiting, even when submitting automated requests to the site e.g. via userscripts. The exact implementation of these rate-limits is less black-and-white than stated in the original post, and more complex exceptions exist than the ones strictly listed there. However, due to the associated complexity, please keep in mind that we can't guarantee those exceptions will be completely infallible. Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 17:05
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    @Slate would you mind saying how high rep is high rep? 100? 1000? 10000? Is it rep one site or rep on the site in question? Anyways, I do appreciate that you thought of this. Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 17:50
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    Pretty sure the exact details are kept hidden or vague on purpose, as there are high rep users who become trolls, and might use that info for bad stuff. Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 17:54
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    Okay...well if so could I get something of very general range at least. Because I think that depending on the answer to that how much a help this is is a big difference. @ShadowWizard Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 17:55
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    @Starship I would imagine it's linked to the Trusted User privilege, but we're not going to get any further details. (As much as I dislike the Cloudflare setup, this is one of those things I agree with secrecy about: it is literally security by obscurity, and only effective as long as the obscurity remains.) Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 19:43
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    While it might solve many problems, there are also many legitimate sockpuppets for automation reasons and these probably don't have that much reputation, e.g. Natty (that might use the API though, I don't know). Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 20:31
  • @dan1st I didn't say it would solve everything but its a step in the right direction, is it not? Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 21:35
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    @Slate I don't suppose the complexity is due (in part) to using network rep to exempt users network wide instead of only on sites where they have high rep? For example, Charcoal users allow the tool to flag on their behalf to help smaller sites stay spam free. Now, I think that's done through the API, so maybe not a concern directly but I guess it seems reasonable for the system to assume that the user should be exempt everywhere. I was actually wondering why mods were only exempt on their own sites, too for similar reasons. Commented Sep 19, 2024 at 22:44
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    @Slate here's a high rep user running into issues: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/431678/… Would you take a look to see if this is related to the recent changes? Commented Sep 23, 2024 at 16:02
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    @M-- These changes haven't gone out yet. Rate limits won't be active until, at earliest, the last week in October. Commented Sep 23, 2024 at 16:04
  • @M-- that's just CloudFlare blocking certain IP addresses based on... god knows what. However, it's not new, and not related to what announced here. Commented Sep 25, 2024 at 10:15