5 letter rule

Sorry to use you as an example, Asamin, but this is why I think the five letter rule should stay in place (or at least, in place in serious forums - all except the Chatterbox or WRT). Without it, people can get away with simply replying with "ya", or "lol", or "wtf". In the WRT, fine. In Chatterbox threads, fine. But on the rest of the boards? No thank you. To repeat my argument from above, a post of <5 characters does nothing to further the discussion in the thread. I think it might have been missed first time round, so I'll put forward my alternative idea again: - Five character limit scrapped for Chatterbox and WRT - Limit raised to 25/50 characters in every other forum

I agree with the first part... maybe 15 for the other forums. Sometimes you just don't have to say a lot.

i personally dont think that it would to much. you'd get this instead.

"yea.


Super-duper Fuck you WetWierd."

Wetwierd lol.


I agree that 15 is better than 25. Some arguments can be rebutted by posting a single short sentence.

yea. 15 is more fair i guess. but still, you're gonna get alot of what i said before. or just kashfdpa3yhpqiuhrsf.abpda8

Until we start trashing posts that use tactic like that to get around the limit rule. If someone posted:

yea. Super-duper Fuck you WetWierd.

...in response to, say, a News item, or an Announcement, then I'd count it as spam and would be well within my rights to trash it. And I'd put money on the other mods agreeing with me.

Just my two pence.

I don't see why we should have the restraint at all - let the people who step out of line be dealt with.

Hey look a report button.

kashfdpa3yhpqiuhrsf.abpda8

I'd trash that without even needing to think about it.

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If a user repeatedly posts three character repsonses followed by "Fuck you WW", or things of similar ilk, then I'll start warning and banning (other mods might come down more heavily and ban straight off).

And by all means use the Report button, but don't expect that because a post has been reported action will be taken against it - judgement will be made over whether action deserves to be taken. I've had notifications of five or six posts that have been reported, and I've only taken action against one - the other four or five complaints were just childish. That's not to say that all reports aren't considered, or are just ignored; they're all thought about carefully before a decision is reached.

way to kill the fun =[

Seventeen characters, not including spaces. Post approved... just.

It's not really ruining the fun. In places where "lol", "yea" and "wtf" aren't suitable, the fun comes in a different variety. Just imagine the Opinion and Debate forum filled with "yea", "agree", or "watevr"... or the Flame Forum chock full of "gay", "nig" or "pwn". Suitable for the Chatterbox, or the WRT, where conversations are more fast-paced and made up of short, sharp sentences and responses, but not for the more serious sections.

And what can I say? I like things to be organised and with rules set to them. Call me anal about it, but it won't change a thing.