Translations:FAQ/184/en

Again, be very careful if you disable fake lag. Most people who do this are either on a closed network with only a few friends (flooding ASCII art) or are using IRC behind the scenes as a communication mechanism for something other than chatting. Fake lag is there for a reason! It is very dangerous to allow users to flood at full speed. Users can generate vast amounts of bandwidth (really a lot!) and can easily use the lack of flood controls to cause a Denial of Service attack.