baltoist 303 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 it sometimes bothers me when I wanna post something and cant cuz of the character max anyone else feel this way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaleFenrir 281 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Firstly: It's a character minimum. Get your diction straight. Secondly: I honestly wish it was more. Thirdly: The minimum is there for a reason. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Bleck 19,397 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 It could be worse: it could be 50-100 again. 5 By @Emerald Heart.↑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man dude man 555 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Firstly: It's a character minimum. Get your diction straight. Secondly: I honestly wish it was more. Thirdly: The minimum is there for a reason. Easy now, you could get your point across kindly. I myself have no issues at all with the character requirements, and believe it probably helps prevent spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PE Brony 1,712 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 (edited) It can be a slight annoyance if you're trying to make a quick quip, but it does do a lot to stop individuals from spamming a thread with a billion incessant replies. It makes you elaborate more than a couple short words. In today's texting society, it's a miracle that people can actually still use more than 20 characters at a time! This forum is helping defeat the disease that texting has brought upon our communication skills! Edited April 18, 2014 by PE Brony 1 Apple Fritter Blog! *New Ava by @MooCowing!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaleFenrir 281 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Easy now, you could get your point across kindly. I myself have no issues at all with the character requirements, and believe it probably helps prevent spam. Sorry, while I could have been more gentle in my post, I saw no point in doing so. I was simply being blunt, and I made no statements that were malicious or otherwise antagonistic. He asked for our opinion on the character [minimum], and I gave it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Sugar Sprinkles~ 638 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 I like this a lot better. Before, you had to type a lot, but now, you really don't. Before was worse because you could type some things and could not figure out what else to say in the topic. I ran into that problem, SO i had to ramble on...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluttershyfan94 5,744 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 You're kidding, the maximum was changed for exactly the same reason. Anything less then 20 characters wouldn't be good and even the 20 character maximum is almost too little. It's to make sure that when you post it's something more then "that's cool". So yeah, I'm not annoyed by it I think it's fair. DA: http://fluttershyfan94.deviantart.com/ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Fluttershyfan94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Something Floaty 1,334 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 I like it for a lot of reasons, the main one being that when people find a post funny or agree with it, they can broohoof it instead of quoting it and saying "lol" or "yeah". Some message boards I am a member of have threads that are cluttered with "lol" posts. It makes every thread longer, yet adds nothing. I suppose in some cases you might have to add a few characters to a post to meet the minimum, but I am a naturally loquacious person with a large vocabulary, so it doesn't really bother me. 4 Signature created by Champion RD92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribbonfree 2,384 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Sometimes it's a bit annoying because all I want to respond with is a picture or the like, but I understand why it's there. You can always use filler if you don't have a lot to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks 10,816 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Back when we had the 100 character minimum it was an occasional annoyance to me so I can understand a lot of peoples complaints with that but come on 20 characters is practically nothing. 1 Rarity Get's Cockroaches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavyShy 169 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 It's there for things like spamming, which is much more annoying than any character minimum. It doesn't bother me at all, I personally hate when people post short little posts in places other than Forum Games. People usually do it to gain a higher rank, which the mods don't like. And neither do I for that matter. *The Cavy Queen* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Waver 1,408 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 Firstly: It's a character minimum. Get your diction straight. Secondly: I honestly wish it was more. Thirdly: The minimum is there for a reason. I will second Aged Rain's phrases. There is a reason that there is a minimum: it prevents trolls from easily spamming the site with one-character posts. Personally, I think the minimum should be fifty (50), but that is just me. There's a website I moderate that requires 100 WORDS before posting, and believe me when I say, that's not a burden. "Time is just an illusionary factoid that all natural things are bound to. It has the power to crumble even the mightiest of mountains into little more than dust, yet if it is an illusion, why is this so? Because people waste a lot of time, only wishing they had more. Little do people realize an inescapable fact: Time governs those who wish they had more of it. By wishing you could use it better, you govern time, and you can get all the time you'll ever need." — Starfall, Quillwaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightwing 12,978 April 17, 2014 Share April 17, 2014 As everyone stated before me,there's a reason of the minimum's existence(Anti-Spam),but I like to think on the minimum on another way. Think about it,we're on the communication age,and,nowadays,we're used to give just quick messages like,per example,"Ok","Good",and others.. I like to think that the minimum is a way to avoid that stereothype om this forums,making you to write more than 3 or 4 words before making a post. Or would you like to seea forum without character minimum,where everyome could be spamming just "Ok"'s and "Good"'s. Personally,I respect the limit,because it helps the people to learn that there's more communication than a few words 4 ~~ Forum Rules - Forum FAQ - What do you think of me? ~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wind Chaser 4,768 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 It's worse when I use a phone. It's always 100 characters. The 20 character minimum is good enough, though. It keeps the spammers out, though you can easily beat it by filling a line with arbitrary letters or sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavelColt 22,883 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 Pppfftpfpfptptt, 'anyone else', he says. Nah, bro. Pretty sure we've never recieved a single complaint about the character minimum. All seriousness though, I believe everyone else has explained it throughly. 20 characters is not asking for much, and the staff has laxed up a lot in various sections specifically, as well as in general, when it comes to the character minimum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frith is Magick 1,471 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 Generally, I find that any post that requires fewer than 20 characters is either in Cloudsdale Colosseum (such as Forum Games) where there is no minimum, or can be substituted with a brohoof. Personally, I was happy with the 100 character minimum (though I admit, I sometimes had to mess with my wording to get an extra 6 or 7 characters), but it received complaints, hence the drop to 20. 100 was good, but I'd even settle for 50-75. Keep flyin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianpiersonjdavis 513 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 Honestly, I prefer it to the previous 100 character minimum as not everything that needed to be said required that many. But, I think that the minimum is necessary to avoid pointless spam and while this is subjective, I don't think there is very much that can be said in under 20 characters that really adds to a topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcelineA 126 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 YES!!!!!! and you can't even repeat much because they don't count what you repeat as a character like just simple letters for example XD .___. 1 XD Always be Fabulous and love your friends ^-^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dattebayo 2,850 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 It gets annoying when I just wan to post the perfect reaction pic, but eh... What are you gonna do? Sorry, while I could have been more gentle in my post, I saw no point in doing so. I was simply being blunt, and I made no statements that were malicious or otherwise antagonistic. He asked for our opinion on the character [minimum], and I gave it. Nay, friend. I'm blunt.And this... Firstly: It's a character minimum. Get your diction straight.Is just being a d*ck. 1 ^Click for my Deviant Art^ You truly are the Rosa Parks of not understanding what r34 is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,529 April 18, 2014 Founder Share April 18, 2014 YES!!!!!! and you can't even repeat much because they don't count what you repeat as a character like just simple letters for example XD .___. The character minimum is not a game. It's not a challenge you're supposed to "break". If you acknowledge and embrace the spirit in which it was implemented (encouraging substantive posts), it will give you absolutely no trouble. 2 Avatar credit: robinrain8 Signature credit: Kyoshi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Bleck 19,397 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 Dear Admins, PLEASE DON'T MAKE IT 50-100 AGAIN!!! PLEASE!!! Love, A.V. 2 By @Emerald Heart.↑ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubWolf 17,553 April 18, 2014 Share April 18, 2014 It's 10 now! I think that's..... A little low now. I thought the minimum was different for different forums here? 100 is reasonable for when your discussing something, but generally the forum lounge and "informal forums" shouldn't need to have a high minimum. I'm fine with 20, even though sometimes like it's asking for quantity over quality (then again, quality can't be 20 characters long, can it?) He hey it's feld0 :comeatus:. Did you change the limit? I like how he says it's not a game to beat or challenge lol. *sees character minimum* "Challenge accepted." Sig by Wolf, Handwriting by SparklingSwirls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baltoist 303 April 19, 2014 Author Share April 19, 2014 actually on my phone it still is 100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorkable 2,737 April 19, 2014 Share April 19, 2014 You're not alone, but there's a reason the Staff has set it to be this way, or even a limit at all. Basically to prevent people spamming topics with short phrases like "cool" or just "oh okay", or things like that, they set a minimum so the member actually has to think something out to type in a response. Pretty much so their post count won't go up for all the wrong reasons. Hops this helps! ^^ (\ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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