Remove Character Requirement

There's no reason to have it. People will still post "lol" or whatever they want to post and tack extra stuff on to meet the requirement. It suppresses posting(spamming, yes, but spamming is still posting and thus activity.)

I don't think many people really think it serves a purpose other that WW and maybe a few others. I'm sure that the majority will agree that it needs to go.

There's no reason to have it. People will still post "lol" or whatever they want to post and tack extra stuff on to meet the requirement. It suppresses posting(spamming, yes, but spamming is still posting and thus activity.) I don't think many people really think it serves a purpose other that WW and maybe a few others. I'm sure that the majority will agree that it needs to go.

Yes.

Fuck you, WW!

I voted yes as well, another pointless addition that is unecessary.

It's the little things that count guys. Like the little "New Posts" button that shakes when there's new posts.

I, for one, vote yes.

You didn't vote yes, noob.

Yeah, but I would've.

It's the little things that count guys. Like the little "New Posts" button that shakes when there's new posts.

What? I've never seen that.

Hold on lemme check where it's at.

It's not an addition; it's built-in, and on by default.

So turn it off. It's obviously not something that just happens to "be there." You've tweaked it and such, so the fact that it's on by default is irrelevant.

Yeah, 'cause I remember when there used to be no character requirement, and we were still using vB3.

No, it's relevant because D3V was accusing me of adding it to annoy people, whereas the only thing I've ever done to it is reduce it.

To put it bluntly: "Fuck no!".

Personally, I think that what some people get away with is far too little. If it were up to me, I'd whack it up to 5 words, let alone characters.

Though I admit, it would be nice to turn it off in the WRT.

Who's the nazi now?

I have a weak spot for coherent posts with a satisfying amount of content, that's all.

I'm going to say it now, before someone calls me out for it if this is implemented - should someone who isn't an established member start psoting "lol" or "wtf", "yeah" or "i agree" to posts, then I'm going to be trashing them. Should they do it enough times, then I'll be making liberal use of my ban button. I need to flush the spiders out from underneath it.

In fact, should anyone, established or not,repeatedly post things like "lol" or "wtf", "yeah" or "i agree", then I'll ban them.

Warnign at, say, half of their posts in a certain time span that are lacking in content.
A ban for a day if they do the same again in the same length of time.
And I'll increase the time of the bans if they don't get the hint.

It's not in the FAQ, but it's annoying. And it does nothing to further the thread, or do anything for activity.

Sounds to me like you don't like activity. Demod Lenny, IMO.

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?

Are you threatening me?