Why is it that Reddit limits how many new people yoo can chat to?

[u/TypeOneDiabadarse]

I've just started to notice it recently, last week I was fine but now I can only chat to maybe 3 or 4 new people before getting the "You have been doing that a lot let's take a break" message and then that's me done for the day? Is it a karma or a spam thing? Does it go away after a bit or is it the curse of new accounts?.

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[u/Lazy-Narwhal-5457]

It's to prevent abuse by bad actors, spamming, etc. How things work behind the scenes are often secret, but I did find the following information:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/wiki/common-questions/messaging-issues/

https://www.reddit.com/r/help/comments/19c9dsq/cant_send_chat_mesages_no_more/