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Reinstate minimum ten-character limit.


FleshJeb

Character limit  

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  1. 1. Should there be a minimum character limit for forum posts? If so, how many?

    • No
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    • Less than 10
      0
    • 10
      7
    • Greater than 10 (please specify with a comment)
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    • Post your Master's thesis or get out.
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I recall the forums having a minimum ten-character limit to make a post/comment.

There's been a relatively recent influx of prolific, but low-effort posters who clog up threads by posting things like "Cool!" or "Yay!"

I'm glad people are participating, but it's certainly putting a damper on my enjoyment, and I find myself bypassing discussions I would otherwise try to contribute to.

Since no rules are being broken, I imagine it's challenging to moderate this behavior. This technical solution may be the best choice.

I'd prefer a 20-character limit, but I'd settle for 10.

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No

 

EDIT:  See?  That was a completely legitimate and intelligent answer, written concisely and cleanly.   Some responses to post don't require a full paragraph to explain. 

If you are going to reinstate it, make it post count or Rep dependent.  It's to prevent the type of spam that this type of reply can create.  Make a minimum post count so that it will hopefully weed out some of the immature spammers that show up.

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  On 7/3/2018 at 12:12 AM, 5thHorseman said:

This.

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That. :P 

As long it's a grammatically valid sentence, and not "Ooooohhhhhh". "AAaaaaahhhhhh" or pieces of paper :P like that, I'm ok with minimalists posts.

Of course, I'm just brainstoming and not proposing a final solution - I would need to carry on some statistics on the forum's data set in order to really propose something like this.

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LOL. Jerks.  <--Ten characters :D

I'm kidding, of course--I know how much you guys contribute.

I appreciate the food for thought. In the meantime, I'll put some very young forum members on block, so they don't eat up so much screen real-estate. I just dislike doing that, on principle, unless someone is being willfully antisocial.

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  On 7/3/2018 at 12:37 AM, FleshJeb said:

LOL. Jerks.  <--Ten characters :D

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I guarantee you had to go back and add that first period to get it to ten.. Either on Screen or at least in your head.     That's why min character counts are stupid.   I might post somebodies name, or a mod name, etc, and then I have to come up with 4-5 other characters to fill up the dead space. 

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  On 7/3/2018 at 8:54 PM, Vanamonde said:

We are considering this suggestion. 

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Is there really a need for it?  I have not seen many, very very few, instances where this is even applicable.  Now maybe it happens in the Lounge or games forums, which I don't frequent as much, but in the main forums, I don't think it's a problem.   If it's not broke, don't fix it.    But I would be behind this 100% if we had a lot of posts that were just spammily annoying because of the lack of this rule. 

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  On 7/3/2018 at 11:35 PM, Gargamel said:

Is there really a need for it?  I have not seen many, very very few, instances where this is even applicable. 

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Perhaps due the Moderation acting quickly? (just a guess, I really don't know).

It's probably unfeasible on this forum's engine, but I like the Slashdot's Meta-Moderation. It used to work on the times there were "real moderators" overwatching the meta-moderation, but since they (apparently) started to rely only on the meta-moderaion itself things kind of gone through the tubes.

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My personal feeling is that the forum should be all inclusive with regards to what members post, provided it is within the forum guidelines. 

"Cool" or "Yay" are emotional responses for the person who wrote them - and who hasn't been overcome by exuberance in their lifetime.  I think the diversity in age, language and culture in this forum is the main reason it is considered to be "The least toxic forum on the internet" and for that moniker to hold we should be inclusive of all members, even if their contributions are not to our own personal liking.

 

 

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I don't see the benefit of a minimum character requirement, but I would like to see a requirement for help requests in the tech subs to be written in comprehensible sentences with punctuation and linebreaks.

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  On 7/4/2018 at 10:24 AM, James Kerman said:

My personal feeling is that the forum should be all inclusive with regards to what members post, provided it is within the forum guidelines. 

"Cool" or "Yay" are emotional responses for the person who wrote them - and who hasn't been overcome by exuberance in their lifetime.  I think the diversity in age, language and culture in this forum is the main reason it is considered to be "The least toxic forum on the internet" and for that moniker to hold we should be inclusive of all members, even if their contributions are not to our own personal liking.

 

 

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I highly agree.

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GTHO&STHU:wink:

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