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It really grinds my gears when there’s an c/asklemmy question and the top most responses are single word answers.

For example, a question asking for the most mind-bending movie will often have the same few movies upvoted to the top (“The Matrix”, “Inception”, “Finding Nemo 2”, etc).

Those truly might be the most popular mind-bending movies, but what I really want to know is why the person answering the question feels the way that they do. Otherwise these types of questions can become stale very quickly, as can be seen on other platforms.

Thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

There's no way to add an automated rule -> if c/asklemmy then comment should have 5 words minimum else don't allow reply?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No no no no no.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There’s not even a way to count words at this juncture never mind anything resembling a rules engine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If() comment<5 words;

 Ban user

Else();

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