Make the "you can only do x every y seconds" message time out after y seconds

Question

In response to the amount of complaints about the necessary evil that is rate limiting, consider putting a timeout to rate limiting messages (when the timeout expires, the message would fade away).

The message should disappear by itself after the action becomes available again (you can still click to dismiss, however); the message, however, should remain displayed for enough time to be read (e.g., we can't have the vote count fetching message flash for a mere second).

A reasonable time out length would be, for some value of reading_time:

timeout = max(action_delay, reading_time)

A reasonable value of reading_time could be 10 seconds.

Messages could also be changed to expose this feature:

Only 1 comment allowed per 15 seconds; timer reset.

(wait 15 seconds or click to dismiss)

Answer 1

Better plan -- make the reset message take 15 seconds to read:

We on the SO team are saddened to inform you that the comment vote you've tried to cast did not go through as planned. That is to say, your vote remains unrecorded. The reason for this is that you've voted on a comment in the last 15 seconds, and we only allow 1 comment vote every 15 seconds -- you're voting too fast, my friend! You are likely near tears at this point, wondering how you can possibly wait that long to give this comment the upvote it so rightly deserves. Well, we have excellent news for you! By the time you've finished reading this message, you will be able to cast another vote -- it happens that fast. Now, vote -- VOTE FOR GLORY!