Site Updates and Issues Discussions #8-[Imp Note: 96, DT Note P:98] - Page 126

Originally posted by: vijay

It's my humble request to cooperate with us on this one.

I understand that some of you have expressed concerns about the recent restriction on posting short messages of fewer than 5 words. Let me clarify the reasoning behind this decision.

• Quality Enhancement: By encouraging slightly longer posts, we aim to improve the overall quality of discussions. Longer posts often provide more context, insights, and meaningful contributions.
• SEO Impact: Search engines tend to favor content-rich pages. When our forum posts contain substantial content, they become more discoverable through search engine optimization (SEO). This benefits both our community and those seeking relevant information.
• Engagement: In the long run you will see this would spark more engagement as they invite thoughtful responses, discussions, and interactions among members. This fosters a vibrant and active community.

Remember that this change is intended to enhance the forum experience for everyone. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Regards,

Vijay, I completely agree with all your points. This policy is important in so many ways.

However, I'd like to highlight this and if I am missing something, I'd appreciate complete information about it.
Ever since +1 post policy has been implemented on IF, I have always abide by this rule. Still, I keep seeing my posts being reduced. I don't know how the algorithm is designed and why this happens. Firstly, this policy should not have been implemented only previous posts because before the official policy, a lot of members took it casual.
Even if we say this was always recommended not to post single word, my 2nd point is that some places especially chat clubs, appreciation threads and game forums however cannot always maintain strict more-than-5-words policy. As you can understand how chat clubs work, people talk about random stuff which might not always be more than 5 words. Sometimes we just post pictures of our favorites in their ATs without even a single word. If we go by the policy, then this also counts as less-than-5-words hence applicable for deletion.

Please let me know what is considered a spam which leads to post deletion if we mostly are a part of chat clubs and ATs.

Originally posted by: MasoomaBukhari

Vijay, I completely agree with all your points. This policy is important in so many ways.

However, I'd like to highlight this and if I am missing something, I'd appreciate complete information about it.
Ever since +1 post policy has been implemented on IF, I have always abide by this rule. Still, I keep seeing my posts being reduced. I don't know how the algorithm is designed and why this happens. Firstly, this policy should not have been implemented only previous posts because before the official policy, a lot of members took it casual.
Even if we say this was always recommended not to post single word, my 2nd point is that some places especially chat clubs, appreciation threads and game forums however cannot always maintain strict more-than-5-words policy. As you can understand how chat clubs work, people talk about random stuff which might not always be more than 5 words. Sometimes we just post pictures of our favorites in their ATs without even a single word. If we go by the policy, then this also counts as less-than-5-words hence applicable for deletion.

Please let me know what is considered a spam which leads to post deletion if we mostly are a part of chat clubs and ATs.

Well we were still clearing posts made from the beginning of the forum. Earlier it was just checking posts based on post string length but it was not accurate as it was counting html code also in the length.

We improved our detection capability and thus able to remove those posts. It means post made even 20 years back.

Originally posted by: vijay

No one asking to write long essay. Just 5 word sentence (minimum). Well if they want to be part of the discussion they can spare that much time.

Some members have expressed concern about posts being deleted. They suggest implementing checks earlier in the process to avoid the need for deletion later so this is being done considering that.

By the way, we’ll explore methods to ensure that clearing +1 posts doesn’t affect the Ladder Group, User Level, or their post count.

and @bold: sarcasm? to ur users? Really? Thats low. What r u taking revenge on them?

Originally posted by: vijay

Well we were still clearing posts made from the beginning of the forum. Earlier it was just checking posts based on post string length but it was not accurate as it was counting html code also in the length.

We improved our detection capability and thus able to remove those posts. It means post made even 20 years back.

Well at the level of expecting vridha pension benefits i am on verge of becoming newbie

Reham maayi - baap !

Kya hi pata tha ye +1/ true/ ditto/ RIP / HBD / agree/ beautiful/ gorgeous/ ...etc etc mujhe iss tarah le doobeingi

Itne restrictions kyun hai bhai

Originally posted by: Chingaari

Well at the level of expecting vridha pension benefits i am on verge of becoming newbie

Reham maayi - baap !

Kya hi pata tha ye +1/ true/ ditto/ RIP / HBD / agree/ beautiful/ gorgeous/ ...etc etc mujhe iss tarah le doobeingi

Well don’t worry. Much of that we have cleared.

Hi Vijay,

Just wanted to test this for one day on me. Tbh i my self stopped posting comments as i am lazy to type. There are lots of link that i copied to share it with my friends but after the restrictions on 5 words and as i am too lazy to type i just skipped posting it itself. I feel eventually my interaction in the forum may turn less as many ppl may not be good with typing or comments they are just silent readers who share others perspectives from social media. People like me who can not type more without context will eventually loose interest.

I also noticed that minimum number of words on posts are increased to 10. Again this is also problematic for me as if i want to share a promo of a show which ppl can anyways grasp by looking at the promo clip forcing me to write few words about it will make ppl frustrated.

Even though the intention of adding this feature was to benefit the discussion and may help IF but it may not help ppl like me as what i would be gaining out of it? It's nothing but a trouble for me as it's making me frustrated and i end up writing a b c d e f. Instead of finding meaninful words or sentence as i do not have patience to do that.

I request you to please rethink about this restrictions as it may force ppl to leave IF or loose interest.

Hi Development Team,

The five word limitation is indeed discouraging members to engage in the forums. Members should have the liberty to express their opinion in any number of words. Not every post/response can be more than 5 post. For instance close ended questions are mostly answered in one word. If the member wishes to extent the conversation he/she can counterquestion the other member.

Another thing is we often post various social media content on the forums. The content is enough to convey post maker's intention. It is a different case if the post maker wants add something to it. In the case of posting picture, some do not need to add anything or some required just a single word. It doesn't make any sense to force members to type more words for these contents.

Ultimately, this is soley depending on the preference of the member. Just because this 5 word limitation is imposed it doesn't serve the purpose of engagement and meaningful converation. Members may resort to adding gibberish just to fulfil the criterion consequently.

I believe members should not be put to inconveniece just to bring out a mechanism to avoid deleting the posts. User experience won't be positive with that kind solution.

I would like to request to reconsider this word limitation.

How about 5 words on an average in the last 5 or10 posts?

5 words update is just useless. Its so frustrating that even when we have to share reel, insta post, tweet, picture, gif etc or even when we say good morning we have to provide 5 words. Please revert back to no words limit as we are indeed having tough time making posts which dont need 5 words at all.