Topic: Is the 80k favorite limit an arbitrary number or is it hardcoded?

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CrocoGator

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sirsmithson said:
I wouldn't even know where to begin unfavoriting posts so I could favorite more.

I think the main reason for the limit is too many favorites breaks the profile page, as the site takes too long to figure out which favorites to display. As one of the few users with >80k favorites (reached it before the limit was implemented), if you try to access my profile page, there's a chance of getting an error page (though it seems to consistently be loading fine today. That might be a coincidence). It used to be that higher ranking users such as Admins could have higher favorite counts, but I'm not sure if that's still a thing. I'm not sure if there's any other reasons for the fave limit.