diff --git a/files/helpers/const.py b/files/helpers/const.py
index 0ba4e10a5..c0b679c86 100644
--- a/files/helpers/const.py
+++ b/files/helpers/const.py
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ EMOJI_MARSEYS = True
 EMOJI_SRCS = ['files/assets/emojis.json']
 
 PIN_LIMIT = 3
-POST_RATE_LIMIT = '1/second;2/minute;10/hour;50/day'
+POST_RATE_LIMIT = '10/hour;50/day'
 POST_TITLE_LENGTH_LIMIT = 500 # do not make larger than 500 without altering the table
 POST_TITLE_HTML_LENGTH_LIMIT = 1500 # do not make larger than 1500 without altering the table
 POST_BODY_LENGTH_LIMIT = 20000 # do not make larger than 20000 without altering the table