# Increase the frequency of petting **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas\ **Created:** [May 5, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/t/increase-the-frequency-of-petting/1678 "2021-05-05T02:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Moon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/dao.aavegotchi.com/moon/32/1699_2.png) [@Moon](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/u/Moon)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/t/increase-the-frequency-of-petting/1678/2 "2021-05-05T15:36:06Z")
I think it’s an interesting idea but would make the gap between bots/scripts and real players much bigger. People have already suggested things to minimize their impact, so I think that should be addressed first. > [@Petting Gotchis within 12hours time frame](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/t/petting-gotchis-within-12hours-time-frame/1681): > > The current system for petting Gotchis is a pain and not equitable. Current system: You pet your Gotchi. You will be able to pet your Gotchi again after exactly 12 hours. Problem: In theory, you should be able to pet twice a day everyday. In reality, it is not possible, since you won’t be able to pet exactly 12 hours later. Even with the best effort, you will lose few seconds, or minutes. If you try to pet everyday at 8:00 and 20:00, it will still slowly slide to 8:01 and 20:02, then 8:03 and … > [@Petting Gotchis: 1-hour grace period](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/t/petting-gotchis-1-hour-grace-period/1557): > > [https://snapshot.org/#/aavegotchi.eth/proposal/QmS4pXmpTWaM6YcSmeHifAAnNYPMCjxWqp9FKAipcAdEPp](https://snapshot.org/#/aavegotchi.eth/proposal/QmS4pXmpTWaM6YcSmeHifAAnNYPMCjxWqp9FKAipcAdEPp) Having the timer activate exactly at 12 hours without any extra hour being granted/rolled back means you will have 5-10 extra minutes adding up each time to the point it ruins your schedule and you have to pet your gotchi at 3AM to 5AM. Adding this feature isn’t just a quality of life improvement it’s necessary so people avoid using bots and stop ruining their sleep schedules. Add a 1-59minute grace p… --- _[View the full topic](https://dao.aavegotchi.com/t/increase-the-frequency-of-petting/1678)._