Remove Character Requirement

I thought I'd take the Bad Cop stance for once.

I have relish for activity - the more there is, the more one can reply to, the more one can raise their postcount by. I sometimes have trouble getting my four posts simply because there's little to reply to.

And a simple "lol" or "I agree" tacked on to the end of a thread makes no difference.

What am I supposed to reply to that with?

"Oi! Post something with content, you great pillock!"

I might have edited before you replied, but as I said, it does nothing to further the thread and the discussions within. It's just pointless.

I feel that if we actually raise the minimum number of words/characters for a post, we might get some higher quality posts... though there's the disadvantage that the lazy arses will just leave because their usual standard of posting fais to reach the requirements.

I finish with:

If kyeruu can post a thread that goes way beyond the character requirement, and actually contains content that makes a bit of sense (admit it, he's been getting a lot better at it, recently, even though he's not got a touch on the rest of us), then why can't everyone else?

I think there are plenty of times when a simple "lol" should suffice, especially in the chat forum. Lol is pretty much universally known, and it conveys the same message as "that cracked me up," simply in a more succinct manner. For instance, a funny picture or video posted in the chat forum may merit an "lol", but not really much more. The expression shows appreciation for the thread and provides feedback to the OP, whereas a skipped post does not. On the other hand, there are often cases when people ask a simple question that does not require more than a yes or no answer. Sure, elaboration is great, but should be done by choice and not force. Of course, 5 letters isn't much to elaborate, however the point is that a yes or no answer is sufficient in many cases.

I'm fairly long-winded when it comes to many of my posts. I don't think anyone would argue that. However the 5-character rule aggravates even me. So lets take that kyeruu example you gave and flip it around. I'm going to go ahead and decree by fiat that, at least for the time being, my posts are the most long-winded here. If Mjordan2nd can make a post that falls short of the character limit it should not come as a surprise that many other do as well.

Can you specifiy the limit for specific sections? Like the Debate forum you need to have a higher limit, as where in the chat forum take it completely away? ..

I had considered that, but that might be overly technical or difficult to implement. However, that would significantly reduce the spam in the forums where we don't want spam, and probably increase it where we do want it, so I see no harm that could come of doing that.

I'd assume he'd just have to go set the rights for each individual form... OR, just add a limit to the ones where we don't want spam (Convo/Debate/News/Forum discussions) and the rest really don't matter too much.

If he can do it I'm all for it, but it might not be nearly as simple as you think.

I'm backing Lenny on this one.

Actually, I voted "the betterment of Zelaron forums and the human race as a whole," so I guess I'm voting for more poorly implemented polls.

Huzzah!