The Minimum Character Limit is dead*

[Silverhoof 2,844]

I like and support this...except for the games and the lounge forums. They had a zero limit, and you could just post a picture or a gif and say your piece like that,

 

Wah.

 

(yes, there is always one lousy guy who will find fault with anything)

[NavelColt 22,882]

I like and support this...except for the games and the lounge forums. They had a zero limit, and you could just post a picture or a gif and say your piece like that,

 

Wah.

 

(yes, there is always one lousy guy who will find fault with anything)

 

:3 They still don't have a limit. That's just an ongoing bug the forums have had for months and months now, that Lavo is still unsure of how to immediately fix. It says it has a limit, but it won't stop you if you don't reach it.

[Silverhoof 2,844]

Way cool. (runs off to test it.)

Hooray! It works! Thanks!

Edited November 14, 2013 by Silverhoof

[Heatwave 177]

nice. I found it a little annoying when I got a post to 83 chars and there was a minimum of 100. ha.

Thanks for this.

[FaZe Vinyl 521]

I'm not sure how I feel about this. I feel it encouraged people to think posts out, and make more quality posts.

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

Ah yeah its about time this happened. 

 

That character limit got really annoying at times where some posts did not really need that much input.  But glad its now been changed now :3

[Pulcinella 1,016]

needlessly shor

Haha, did you do that on purpose? xD Anyway, yesh. This is such a great idea, thank you. *Bows politely, like they do in Japan*

[Misty Shadow 7,946]

 

Rest in peace Minimum Character Limit.

 

But hey, at least everyone is happy. I didn't mind it, but at least now I don't have to put much more thought into a post than I need to just to speak my mind about something I don't want to talk my gums off about.

Edited November 14, 2013 by CloudMistDragon

[Kenny 232]

Just like the good ol' days.

Edited November 14, 2013 by Kenny

[Sunny Fox 5,952]

Oh, no! My ability to be self-righteous has been compromised!

 

"What? You couldn't find enough to say to fill 100 characters? n00b!"

 

(PS - without this sentence, even the above would have been enough to reach the prior limit )

 

Seriously, though, I'm glad this change has been implemented. It's not before time, although I do appreciate (having seen it firsthand) why it took so long to happen.

[Sweet Dreams 1,893]

Seriously? Why u do dis? D:

I personally loved the character limit. Sure, it could be annoying at times, but it allowed more contribution. I never really find that limit hard to reach anyway. If it had to be lowered, I think 50 characters would've been better. But I guess we could just see how this turns out first...

[Aniki 386]

I actually never had a problem with the character limit... then again I always tended to ramble on a lot when it probably wasn't necessary too.

[Abstract 832]

Well... We'll see how this goes. I've had a couple of occasions in which the 100 character limit annoyed me, but overall I thought it was a pretty good number.

[Dr. Vojislav Seselj 691]

THANK YOU BASED GABEN FOR THIS GLORIOUS GIFT TO US ALL.

 

wait, this isn't a steam sale.

GABEN STOLE THE PRECIOUS CHARACTER LIMIT

 

I'm gonna grieve the loss of a great hero today.

[IridscentNionios 1,420]

I didn't really have such a problem. I always had something to say and apparently that was all that mattered. What you should try fixing is the copy paste of mentioning names. For example a mention that is apparent in blue letters if copy-pasted counts as characters. That shouldn't happen.

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

I'm glad to hear this: I mean to be fair sometimes it meant I spent more time getting as much detail into my posts as possible, but when it was just like a few words that needed to be said it was just a real headache.

 

Great news

[Clover Heart 978]

If that's what yawlz think is cool. For me, it's always like "Agh, how the heck am I gonna get to 100 cha- oh, that's it? Really?" Being incredibly verbose, at least in print, this has never bothered me all that much. But if it makes people happy then I'm all for it. I was a little surprised not to see that the Life Advice section also had a reduced character limit, but I have a feeling that people will exceed 200 characters anyway. Anyway, hope everyone's happy with the decision

[Envy 6,192]

Aw thank goodness. I was sick of making the few posts I made that were actually concise longer than they needed to be. xD

[deadprofile 1,122]

I am okay with this.  Oftentimes, I would rather just be short,sweet, and to the point on my posts, but that limit kept me being practical, and I got in trouble a few times for it :\  Well, now I don't need to go on any more finger rants, unless a subject deems it necessary

[Wynn-Shy 29]

Super awsome I hate to write xD

[Molecular Kogwheel 37]

But.. don't you think new topic post should still have 100 character minimum?

[Shift 4,272]

Oh my gosh.

 

8 characters, twenty is the minimum. Omigosh. I will never get tired of seeing that. 

 

[Discordian 6,015]

See? Bitching does get you your way once in awhile.

 

But seriously, glad it's been lowered. Most of my posts would never need more than 80 characters but because of the minimum limit I have to pad my post and it makes the way I say things really awkward.

 

Now the question is how to handle things that are originally on another forum but are put into the debate pit later and has posts less than 100 because of it. I hope people don't start getting modded left and right by mistake.

But.. don't you think new topic post should still have 100 character minimum?

Why complicate things? It doesn't take a huge explanation for some things to spark a conversation. Imagine if someone posted a news article but wanted to wait for others to post before mentioning their thoughts or were asking a simple question that didn't require such a gigantic explanation. You run into the same problem. A topic starter and a post aren't really all that different in how much content they need.

Edited November 15, 2013 by Discordian

[legionbrony 107]

Hmm, interesting.  Hopefully you all won't find my posts to be too short, I come from a forum where the minimum character limit is and always has been 10.   Ha!  People still end up typing filler text, sadly.

 

Anyways, I doubt I'll have much of a problem with it.  Usually when I make a post, it's because I have something to say, and when I have something to say generally it will mean something, and posts that mean something frequently have lots of writing in them!

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

Praise be to Madokami.

Bless Madokami.