Just as the title say, why do people always ignore the rule? do they not even read the warning box, it literally fucking says you can get banned for bypassing it yet I see many people do it on forums, proof : When I was kinda new to the forums, I saw lots of people doing "30 characterrrrrrrrrrrrr limiiiiiitt" I did it as well, then I fucking got a warning, did it again, got fucking banned, did it again, got fucking banned again now Im literally scared to bypass it again cuz i might get banned again. |
   ♥๏ธ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ♥๏ธ “๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช, ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ.” – ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ด๐ช |
| Lots of times I just end up adding a bunch of useless bullshit like adding pointless words in between just so I can reach the limit. Sometimes what I want to say is only 5 or 6 words. |
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Amatniki said: Lots of times I just end up adding a bunch of useless bullshit like adding pointless words in between just so I can reach the limit. Sometimes what I want to say is only 5 or 6 words. Honestly I relate so much, sometimes I dont even say anything cuz theres not much to say |
♥๏ธ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ♥๏ธ “๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช, ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ.” – ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ด๐ช |
| This rule is used to prevent spam as far as I know. If your answer makes sense and is sincere I doubt you can get a warning for whatever you said, but feel free to correct me there. But I agree the rule is kind of annoying. Sometimes what I want to say is short so I want it to remain short. |
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| I believe few people actually read pop ups fully (especially ones with lots of text), myself included. |
| You got banned for that? I do it quite often and haven't banned for that once. |
| Even I got a warning for doing that once. My post was relevant to the topic at hand at least. |
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| Since the other thread got locked I'll reply to @Meusnier here It does not take a lot of effort to produce 30 characters, and you can always add a joke in a yes/no question. Why is it so problematic in your opinion? It insinuates that no. of chars is a meaningful metric for post quality I'd rather read 15 meaningful chars than 30 with 15 filler. MAL isn't some bastion of thoughtful discussion and 30 chars isn't a huge deterrent to change it so its just annoying at times and degrades some posts with filler. Set it to 100 chars if you want thought out posts but that'd probably kill MAL because it doesn't address the fundamental flaws of MAL. You shouldn't be asking why is it so problematic. You should ask what benefit is there to 30 chars - why not 15 or 60? |
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Chisuku said: This rule is used to prevent spam as far as I know. If your answer makes sense and is sincere I doubt you can get a warning for whatever you said, but feel free to correct me there. But I agree the rule is kind of annoying. Sometimes what I want to say is short so I want it to remain short. My answers makes sense and are sincere, even though I got a warning ¬¬ |
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xLoop said: Since the other thread got locked I'll reply to @Meusnier here It does not take a lot of effort to produce 30 characters, and you can always add a joke in a yes/no question. Why is it so problematic in your opinion? It insinuates that no. of chars is a meaningful metric for post quality I'd rather read 15 meaningful chars than 30 with 15 filler. MAL isn't some bastion of thoughtful discussion and 30 chars isn't a huge deterrent to change it so its just annoying at times and degrades some posts with filler. Set it to 100 chars if you want thought out posts but that'd probably kill MAL because it doesn't address the fundamental flaws of MAL. You shouldn't be asking why is it so problematic. You should ask what benefit is there to 30 chars - why not 15 or 60? "I really enjoyed middle school." Done. This is how you could reply to the recent thread about school, and the content of this message is still empty. This is possible that some witty people manage to write something good in 30 characters, but close to impossible in 15 characters for most people. 30 characters is a short phrase, which is enough to say something sensible. This is good enough for MAL. Having people write well-thought posts is a dream, and the length of the post will not change a thing. I think that I have been bothered once or twice by the character limit and my post was perhaps 28 or 29 characters long. Thou shalt not tell me what I should do or not. |
| because it's a lame rule and people don't want to be lame |
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| I actually follow that rule. I see this rule as a mini-game challenging my writing skill of shitposts. |
| Even if you do follow a automated message says reported for spamming. LMAO Posted a youtube video and " some lyrics of the song" then got a message to say reported and something disabled to prevent spamming. I gave up trying to post. |
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| Sometimes 20 characters is all I feel the need to write also good luck to anyone trying to ban everyone bypassing it on a daily basis. |
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| I've warned/banned so many people for doing that. I don't understand how you can get banned for that. If you've been warned and told not to do it again, why do it again? It's not hard to follow a simple rule. |
Ardanaz said: I've warned/banned so many people for doing that. I don't understand how you can get banned for that. If you've been warned and told not to do it again, why do it again? It's not hard to follow a simple rule. cuz its dumb, it makes no sense at all, yall mods just cant seem to understand that only bc ya'll have the title "moderator" |
♥๏ธ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ♥๏ธ “๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช, ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ.” – ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ด๐ช |
hellicey said: Ardanaz said: I've warned/banned so many people for doing that. I don't understand how you can get banned for that. If you've been warned and told not to do it again, why do it again? It's not hard to follow a simple rule. cuz its dumb, it makes no sense at all, yall mods just cant seem to understand that only bc ya'll have the title "moderator" I'm not a mod anymore. Tbh at first I wasn't fond of that rule at all, but I feel like it improved what people were posting. Should've seen it before the rule. So much spam and garbage 1 word posts |
Ardanaz said: hellicey said: cuz its dumb, it makes no sense at all, yall mods just cant seem to understand that only bc ya'll have the title "moderator" I'm not a mod anymore. Tbh at first I wasn't fond of that rule at all, but I feel like it improved what people were posting. Should've seen it before the rule. So much spam and garbage 1 word posts so thats why ya'll made that stupid rule so people dont post 1 word posts? |
♥๏ธ ๐๐ท๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ ♥๏ธ “๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ป๐ธ๐ถ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ฎ, ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช, ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ญ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฒ๐ญ.” – ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ช ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ช๐ด๐ช |
hellicey said: Ardanaz said: I'm not a mod anymore. Tbh at first I wasn't fond of that rule at all, but I feel like it improved what people were posting. Should've seen it before the rule. So much spam and garbage 1 word posts so thats why ya'll made that stupid rule so people dont post 1 word posts? Pretty much yeah. Also there were tons of listing threads going on e.g. "What's your favorite X?" and people would just list something. That's not a discussion. It's fair to disagree with it though. I mostly think it's good, but I'd personally probably lower it to like 20 |
| Stupid rules/laws are meant to be broken. Being willing to say "yes sir" to every authority is a dangerous mentality to have. |
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| Well some users thinks its a stupid rule I guess Personally I think that rule is extremely simple to follow . 30 characters isn't that much |
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| Adding some new words isn't that hard lol . It's annoying but it's very necessary . |
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| I'm not sure but I guess we are all different. Instead of giving a simple reply like "yep, character limit go brrr" they could at least elaborate on why they believe that certain way. |
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| Rules suck big, fat, greasy, ugly, dirty ass |
| I just add needless words to drag out what I wanted to, just like what I am doing right now with my current post. |
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| people like to not follow the rules and spam stuff in white text i guess. i usually just add random words that can fit in the sentence until i reach the limit or over though idk |
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| Why should people follow a rule that shouldn't be there in the first place. |
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| I know it says you can't bypass the character limit with pointless characters and workarounds etc. but I've never seen anyone actually get told off for doing so. Is it even enforced? |
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| Mostly because it didn't exist up until around 2015/2016 if I recall correctly. A lot of older users refuse out of spite. |
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| I end up using filler words to bypass the limit. I am a person who prefers small talk. |
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| We are all a little rebellious, because rules are for fools. :P |
| Most likely I just said what's on my mind and don't need to add more, It's a pretty shitty rule if I say so myself. |
| I don't speak English that much, so please cut me some slack |
| Because they come from sites like 4chan, Crunchyroll, YouTube, etc where 15 characters per post is the average. Not sure about Gamefaqs forums, but it's been quite a while since I last used it. I'm so chatty with extended grammar, so I don't mind doing greater than 30 characters per forum post. On the other hand, I feel sorry for those with mediocre grammar that wanna post on forums. |
| Just follow the rules, irritating to me sometimes... |
| I've been on this site too long to worry over pointless letters when all I want to do is quote someone and say "+" |
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| Cause its a really stupid rule. Sometimes, messages are funnier when they are short. |
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| I don't know, I always followed character limit rule but I gotta admit, it's pretty annoying. For example, in a thread like "What's the first Anime you ever watched?" I just want to type the name of that Anime and be done with it, but because of character limit rule, I'm forced to add pointless stuff like "It's the first Anime I ever watched and I really enjoyed it." just so I can post... |
SaberHotMikasa said: What about Rule 7? Do you think it’s a necessary rule when most people hate it? The mods ain’t bad people though, they just need better rules instead of trying to restrict people’s freedom of expression. I was the one that suggested it :^) There's no need to have political discussions on an anime forum. You should've seen the place before that rule was there. 90% of our reports were about political threads. We signed up to mod an anime forum, not r/politics. I don't get why people defend it so much. |
deg said: so youre the culprit of that no wonder you seem to be the one explaining it all to me and others that complain about it back then Those days were exhausting, but at least I talked to you guys. I could've just hid in the shadows. SaberHotMikasa said: Damn you’re the one that suggested it? You basically destroyed the best threads my man & everyone should have the right to express their true selves. & what’s the point of having strict rules for MAL, a anime site? Why can’t y’all just let the forums run wild because it won’t change anything & the popularity will grow even more since sites with less strict rules get more people on their site since they can express themselves freely without worrying about getting a unfair ban. Just ban the racist & hateful people in discussions lol It’s that simple tbh. If you call those the best threads, then that says a lot about you. If you want to truly express yourselves, you should be on 4chan. There is absolutely 0 reason why MAL should be covered in politically charged threads. Everything became political. Letting it run wild is a great way for it to die quickly. The place would just be nothing but spam and gore/porn all over the place, cause no mod would want to stick around. Then the forums would just be shut down and MAL would be only for lists and the database. Just banning the problematic users wasn't enough. We did that too, but the problem had to be stopped at the source. New trolls kept popping up and it became too much to deal with. |
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