Remember when we had a minimum of three sentences...?

[kentuck]

in a post? Would that be appropriate at this time? Granted, it would not slow it down very much. But it might slow down the one-line snide remarks with n/t? Also, it might require just a little more thinking before hitting the post button?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I would applaud it

especially when I go to threads only to find a url with little or not explanation as to what it is. If we want real discussion, we need more than a couple of words. I don't see it as a handicap.

[TexasObserver]

2. but I don't read most posts, just their subject line

that's enough for most of them

[Maddy McCall]

3. Yes. I do. It rocked.

[lumberjack_jeff]

11. .

:thumbsup:

[Tesha]

4. Presumably, you mean "in a post that starts a thread", because I can write very pithy replies. (NT)

[kentuck]

5. Yes.

A post that starts a thread should be worth at least 3 sentences, in my opinion.

[lumberjack_jeff]

6. Three sentences?

Per post? Good idea!

[kentuck]

8. That was a requirement at one time...

And it seemed to work quite well...at least, for a while.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. I dunno.

Requirement? Perhaps. Maybe.

Oops, that's four. Doh!

[kentuck]

14. But that's OK..

You had to think to get those sentences or questions??

[lumberjack_jeff]

15. You have a point, the quality of the dialog has defintely decreased.

I have something of a predisposition to snark. Sorry.

I agree with you, a three sentence rule would improve the ability of the occasional post into which people have put some thought to stay on a page longer than a few brief minutes.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2835719&mesg_id=2835719

I didn't count the sentences that time.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. That should be enforced again

and mnost importantly, a limit on how many new threads a person can start in a given time period.

A handful of spammers really drag this place down.

[Apollo11]

9. Remember when GD: Primaries was for relevant topics only?

Sheesh! :eyes:

[EFerrari]

12. I don't remember that, maybe I wasn't here yet.

But it would be nice to have a one paragraph minimum.

Those "Did you see that?" subject lines bring out the presentation nazi in me.

[David Zephyr]

13. Welcome to the Club of DU'ers who see the quality of the forum diminishing.

Actually, it really is only a very small handful of posters who have a compulsion (yes, that is the correct word) to start a new thread every time a single thought passes through their attention-deficient brains.