| Do you think short posts are usually spam? |
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Elite Nerr
Francis
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Posts: 6974
HP: 50 MP: 3 Lives: 0
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 Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:09 pm
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Seriously. Think about it. When your post only "LOL" or "i agree" it is not needed. If a post is funny, say why you thought it was funny not "LOL". If you agree, say why you agree. etc. Else your are is just filling the topic with pointless banter and making it harder to find the posts everyone wants to read.
The character limit is to encourage you to say more than the obvious. A forum is not a chat room. You have time to fully express your thoughts. If you have no thought then dont post. If you find yourself constantly getting around it by adding filler then DONT POST. I may start punishing those who do.
If you really feel that just "lol" and "agreed" are postive contributions to discussion then post your reasonings. |
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oar
Super Maiq the Liar
Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 17919
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:10 pm
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You don't need a reason to love~
Wait, what?
Yeah, M'aiq has nothing to say about this. >_>' |
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Nario
Super Koopa
Vampire
Joined: 17 May 2007
Posts: 9339
HP: 20 MP: 4 Lives: 0
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:15 pm
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I have nothing to post. |
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cool
Lord Bob
Vampire
Joined: 05 May 2007
Posts: 21056
HP: 61 MP: 8 Lives: 5
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:29 pm
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Bumps are NOT usually spam, and people have to do extra with their bumps if they are bumping out of Off-Topic. bump |
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Richest user. :D
Super Ultimario
Joined: 18 May 2007
Posts: 5704
HP: 100 MP: 4 Lives: 6
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:34 pm
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Nobody really needs it . Most people bypass it, and most spammers post more than 10 characters when spamming.
| Quote: | | BE MORE ORIGINAL, PLZ |
| Quote: | | i have nothign to say but i want coins. |
That's all more than 10 characters. A simple post like "I agree" can indeed be helpful, knowing that your idea in Feedback is supported by the community of Digibutter. If you make a great idea, and everybody agrees that it is a good idea, if nobody posts "Supported" or "Nice idea", you don't know what anyone thinks of it unless you add a poll. Sure, somebody might add onto it a bit, but most members can't think of anything to add, and the topic gets about 2 posts.
Also, if somebody posts something completely awesome, what can you say? "EPIC WIN!"? No. "Awesome."? Nope. "BRILLIANT"? No. "I love it"? Nope, not that either. |
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He's that guy.
Merlink
Joined: 16 Aug 2007
Posts: 3522
HP: 10 MP: 1 Lives: 0
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:46 pm
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lol
sizelimit |
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Super ShadowArticuno
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:56 pm
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They usually are, but Ultimario has a point.
... Franis dun increse post minimum plx |
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Burn them out
rawrskey
Benned Vampire
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
Posts: 14262
HP: 70 MP: 5 Lives: 5
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| Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:40 pm
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it really does nothing.
It's just another futile attempt that people will get around.
trust me. I've been to a dozen forums and played a dozen online games where they put minimum limits or some kind of other limiter, but it only takes a few hours for people to get around it or find a way to "bypass" censors and stuff.
When it comes to minimum character limits, you can simply use a synonym and have a wonderfully spamful, yet ten character post. |
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Mandew
Manjew
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 4283
HP: 99 MP: 8 Lives: 2
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:26 am
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I agree that everyone should explain their point, but sometime, when your point is what all the agree'd person said, it's somewhat impossible to find something original to say, and if the agreeing people don't post, the agree'd person feels like he failed.
Nonetheless, the character limit is always bypassed, and usually by the same way:
| Quote: | | Posts with less then 10 characters are probably spam. Yours has #. |
^ This one.
This render the character limit useless. On the other hand, if people would complete their posts a little with a bit more information than "Agree'd" and at least say why because of this limit, I think the limit would be great. Unfortunnally, it's not always the case...
And by the way, I DO find myself trying to make long posts to increase my post count... This post is an example... |
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TooManyToasters
Paper_Waluigi
Joined: 20 May 2007
Posts: 10343
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:08 pm
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No. Some things take less than 10 characters to say, like a post with just an image in it. |
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Mandew
Manjew
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 4283
HP: 99 MP: 8 Lives: 2
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:33 pm
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| Rasto wrote: | | No. Some things take less than 10 characters to say, like a post with just an image in it. |
Well, you see, everythin that is not between ['s and ]'s and that are alphanumeric characters are considered as "characters". So the characters between the IMG tags are considered as characters.
For example, you could post only one image and that would be more than 10 characters.
I THINK... |
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oar
Super Maiq the Liar
Joined: 23 May 2007
Posts: 17919
HP: 100 MP: 10 Lives: 0
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:34 pm
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< and > count as 4 characters, so all you have to do is go ">_>" after any message. |
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Burn them out
rawrskey
Benned Vampire
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
Posts: 14262
HP: 70 MP: 5 Lives: 5
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:43 pm
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>_<. |
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Elite Nerr
Francis
Joined: 16 Apr 2007
Posts: 6974
HP: 50 MP: 3 Lives: 0
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:19 pm
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So, has anyone ever improved their posts after seeing the message? |
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The book
Light Prognosticus
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Joined: 22 Apr 2007
Posts: 3973
HP: 88 MP: 10 Lives: 2
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 3:20 pm
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My posts stay the same, except I don't BUMP now... |
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