Guess what? Sometimes a complete answer is less than ten characters. I’ll give you a common example: “yes”. I’ll give you another one: “no”. There’s also this one: “thanks”.
And today I came across another brilliant restriction. Someone asked me which approach I had flown. I responded: “TQPF, RNAV11.” Oh no, can’t have that! Answering a direct question as simply as possible is just out of the question. “Are you sure?”, the forum wizard asks me. “Your answer seems incomplete.” Yes, I’m sure. I hit reply again. Nope! Question pops up again. Are you sure? Yes. I’m sure. Reply. Nope! Are you sure?
So at this point I decide to deal with the situation on the most ridiculous way possible. I add this to my message: “Hjlhddvhsd.” Total gibberish. Guess what? It posts the message.
So a clear, concise answer is unacceptable, but add some total nonsense to it and it’s fine.
Can you please just turn these silly features off? Please? One-word answers accepted.
While this is an annoyance to some, including me where I want to write “Got it!”, the reason this is in place is to stop BOTS. What you can not see behind the scenes is the amount of BOTS creating short posts or topics for that matter, daily that get caught.
I’ll use the “heart” - “like” icon for instances of “agreeing” to a post, “liking” a post, “got it!”. That icon can be used as an acknowledgement as well. Keeping posts over 10 chars also helps in not cluttering topics with short posts.
Another issue is what I might call “post collectors” that only reply with “Thanks for sharing!” on every topic just to raise their post count and advance their permission level. I don’t know if it’s in place here, but a lot of boards have a timer that runs right after a user posts a reply that prevents that. I think it’s usually 30-60 seconds.