Reply #9: The problem with the five-sentence rule.

[Skinner]

I happened to love the five-sentence rule. I thought it was very successful in cutting down the clutter, and it forced people to flesh out their ideas. Plus, it was really, really easy to enforce.

But here's the problem with the five sentence rule... It seems totally arbitrary. And people don't like to follow rules if the purpose for the rules are not obvious to them.

I imagine that I would have to explain the rule, every other day, for the rest of my life. And I don't really want to do that.