Post time interval!

I recommend to increase it to 5 minutes, so people actually bother to read the whole topic before posting something. This will help decrease the “one-liners” which are posted everywhere. 😉

Well, that was a bit of humour, but quite honestly I do believe that it should stay as it is. One minute is nothing compared to the amount of time you’d actually spend on reading the topic and then typing a useful not so little reply. 🙂

I posted that “one-liner” to make a point. It’s true that you can post more than one of those one-line replies in a single minute, but so what?! It’s basically (as DJ and others pointed out) a wasted post. So I agreed with Faizan and David. Whoop-de-doo! What exactly does that mean? Why do I agree? What do I think the right answer is? You, the reader, have no clue because I didn’t take the time to write it down and share it.

Posting a quality, well-thought out reply normally takes time. That’s not to say that every post needs to run on and on, but that if there isn’t much meat to the reply, it probably doesn’t have a lot of value.

Now sometimes that’s ok, particularly in the off-topic areas where things are more casual, almost like a chat room at times. But in the core forums, I’d prefer that people post thoughtful, well-written replies that can actually help not only the original poster, but the thousands of other people that come along and read the discussion later.

That’s my gripe for the day. When you say something in a chat room, it essentially is like vapor–it disappears into nothingness moments later, never to be seen again (nevermind any logging functionality). A forum, on the other hand, is at least semi-permanent. What you say in a forum discussion stays there and is ready by hundreds or even thousands of other people. It carries more weight than a chat session, and should be treated as such.

And Shadowcrest, this diatribe isn’t directed at you, but toward the many people who come here and post nonsensical replies that add no value (and often do so in strafe mode).

A good post should make you think, or help you learn, or do something worthwhile. It might piss you off, but not because it was a waste of bits and bytes. Most importantly, a good post almost always takes more than one minute to write.

five’s a little much– dont ya think