Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4750818-20150405132712

Good day everyone,

While I was browsing the forums, I was noticing that several people are habitually posting very short messages ("cool" "yes" "awesome" "yeah!" "OK" "nice" etc.). While expressing your opinion is very much appreciated in the forums, these messages do not really add anything to the discussion and create clutter.

Why is this a problem?

It breaks up discussions. Every one of these short posts takes up a set number of vertical pixels, and this makes it harder for other people to make sense of the whole discussion. For example, posting a large number of very short posts means that anybody who wants to contribute to the discussion has to scroll through all those posts (which don't add much to the discussion) just to express their opinion. In short, it makes it harder for future readers to sort the clutter from the meat of the discussion.

The solution to this problem is very simple: click that "Kudos" button on the top right of each post. And, if you want to see who gave Kudos to your messages, click the "X Kudos" right next to the Thumbs Up symbol.

Admins and Moderators

If you see a short post which doesn't contribute to the discussion, please remove it. If the user persists, notify them on their message wall. If they persist, a 24-hour ban may be enacted.

Glflegolas (admin) Send a Messenger 13:27, April 5, 2015 (UTC) 