Minimum Character Count

[Randy]

Do you think these are necessary on a forum? Like a person cannot post unless their post contains at least 10 characters. Does it help avoid spam or is it just annoying?

 

[Kirito]

Depends, I get it if you have a serious debate forum or something like that, but if you have a poll section like here on Off Topix it's ridiculous to have to say "I voted yes" instead of just "yes". If you wanna avoid spam, just have enough moderators around.

 

[Jazzy]

Who the heck is going to count to make sure their post contains at least 10 characters?

Not me! oops, that was only 6 characters....

Seriously what shouldn't be allowed is just using a smilie as a reply. If a person only posts a smilie as as reply, they should get a message that their post reply is empty and please try again!

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Who the heck is going to count to make sure their post contains at least 10 characters?

Not me! oops, that was only 6 characters....

Seriously what shouldn't be allowed is just using a smilie as a reply. If a person only posts a smilie as as reply, they should get a message that their post reply is empty and please try again!

What about in threads where we use:



But yeah, Ive been on some forums that have a minimum character count of like 50 and there are many posts that people make that don't require 50 characters, but still add to the conversation.

 

[Bluezone777]

I think it's completely unnecessary as not every quality response needs so many characters. If you ask a yes or no question then why do you feel entitled to anything more then a yes or no? Would a sentence conveying either yes or no be any better then simply writing "yes" or "no"?

Sometimes though a forum could do with a maximum character limit... Some people really don't know when they said enough even after five plus paragraphs and counting. XD

 

[Tyler]

I think its alright if its set to like 5, but anything more than that is a little annoying.