If I recall correctly, there already is a set limit of 10 in the staff guidelines.

 

Yeah, I remember sick stating that in global a couple days ago.

 

Not Sure If this is possible but for shout spam, instead of having a length of 10 make the cost go up the more u spam it
Example:
First 5 spammed Cost: 1k
Second 5: Cost: 1.5k
Third 5 Cost: 2k
Fourth 5 Cost 2.5k
Ect.

This way:
5 spammed shouts would be the same 5k
10 would be a slightly increased $12,500 instead of 10k
20 would cost 35k instead of 20k

Spamming Shouts would soon become extremly expensive:
30 shouts would cost almost 70k instead of 30k
40 shouts would be 110k
50 shouts would be 162.5k

Now im not sure this is possible and even if it is It would probably be way too much work and a waste of resources but I thought id just throw in my 2 cents.

- I like the limit of 10 btw so +1

 

Shout spam is legal though, or did that change when I was inactive?

 

Well, the rules say it's legal, but there is a limit. Rarely, that limit is reached. Some people seem like they spend 100k in shouts, which is annoying. I guess Andrew didn't think people would be wasting money like that.

 

-1. I trust staff to make decisions for us.
And it's often a case by case basis. Ie. Is there a conversation in global, how spammy is it, What is the shout...

The moment we set a fine line is the moment it become exploitable. We need to just let staff do the job they were chosen to do.