5 letter rule

Me thinks the girl is on to something

But yea, all I ahve to say is COME ON, get rid of it.

yea, the girl ain't as dumb as some of you think she is

ya



fuck WW

ya fuck WW

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

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.

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.