We have been noticing lately that low effort text posts have been cluttering our sub. It's great to see the active participation, although most of the time these posts usually lack depth and contribution to meaningful discussions.
Problem This means that there sometimes may not be enough substance in short, shallow posts for insightful conversation. This can lead to repetitive questions and material redundancy, thus decreasing the overall quality of the discussion. Searching through posts for information or well thought out opinion also becomes much more challenging.
Advantages & Solution Requiring at least 200 words will ensure our users create content thoughtfully and not just random picks for farming. This rule would act as a catalyst in generating more comprehensive analyses, opinions and discussions, hence increase the quality of what is posted. It will prevent spam and very low effort postings, acting like a filtering way for posts bringing no value to the community.
Note: The 200 word limit does not include the Question flair. Planning to post another Proposal for Question flair which shall be in sync with this proposal and allow Question Posts with less than 200 words.
The choices are: · [YES] · [ABSTAIN] · [NO]