Is the 50 character requirement on this site stupid?
yes, it is very stupid
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no, it makes sense
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I agree, It is pretty frikken stupid and causes people to write muy more than needed.. N the people that dont write too much just copy and paste, "The minimum length for an argument is 50 characters. The purpose of this restriction is to cut down on the amount of dumb jokes, so we can keep the quality of debate and discourse as high as possible." Side: yes, it is very stupid
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people dont put stupid answers very often As a veteran at CD, I can attest to the fact you are clearly underestimating the non-intelligence of stupidity. Prior to the arbitrary, 50 Character requirement, many of the now and then veterans were quite annoyed by commentary rebuttals that read something like: WHAT?, SO!, LOL, aldhfaljksdhf, and many others. Consequently, the base requirement that you now ridicule is the result of our annoyance. So, I guess you can thank us for your assessment of the 50 Character requirement, i.e., : ”people dont put stupid answers very often”. Your welcome! Side: no, it makes sense
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It does nothing to stop "stupid" comments. I've read stupid comments that were well over 100 characters long and I've read brilliant comments that were only two words long. Besides, any idiot can figure out all you have to do to get your comment to submit regardless of the limit is to add a bunch of these things >>------------------------------- Side: yes, it is very stupid
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No. It makes perfect sense. It keeps the readers and the debaters from having to sift through innumerable useless comments (most often by teenagers) such as 'kewl' or 'rad'. Essembly doesn't have such a limit, and people usually only write one or two words. That's fine, Essembly is set up in such a manner that that doesn't matter, but CreateDebate is not. Side: no, it makes sense
I have seen some great rebuttals that required the writer to throw unnecessary characters in to fill the gap. Even with this limit there are so many ways around it. If I want to respond with a simple LOL I can do so, just by copy and pasting the 'you need 50 characters' warning below my post. Side: yes, it is very stupid
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