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IFireflyl on 26 January 2015
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Ka-pi96 said:
IFireflyl said:
Ka-pi96 said:

There is already a rule against one word posts, I've seen it enforced a few times as well.
9. Spamming. Spam, which is multiple replies in a row without any substance and replies that have nothing to do with the topic at hand, is not allowed.

  • Explain and justify your opinions. If you have nothing to add to a topic, then don't post at all.


I think this is the point though. If the thread is "Do you own any video game consoles?" and someone replies, "No," they can argue that their reply had everything to do with the topic at hand. There should be a 3-6 word minimum, in my opinion anyway.

I think the explain and justify your opinions part kind of covers that. If people are saying just yes or no then they aren't explaining anything. The "Do you own any video game consoles?" question could be answered with other negatives such as 'not any more but I used to...' or 'no but I'm quite interested in...' or 'no, because...' and various other answers like that.


But then there is the argument of who needs to explain their reasoning behind a yes/no answer to a yes/no question. Ultimately, I agree that what you're saying should occur, but it would be simpler to impose a minimum amount of words rule instead of threatening with action for answering yes/no to a closed-ended question.