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Old 06-14-2020, 03:39 PM   #1
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Good point about unforeseen events and people being unable to react. As for posts per hour, I think enforcing that would be more of a hassle than it's all worth.
Surely the reaction thing is part of the idea? "Ooh, I really want to reply to that accusation, but what if another one comes up that I need to respond to more...?" Plus of course, "You didn't think that was worth one of your posts, but you thought this was--?"
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I think you'd need to say votes can be posted separately, to avoid 'oops I misccounted' issues. Possibly the vote post can ONLY contain a vote?

(I think the only objective standard for post lengths is character limits. EvenWordLimitsCanBeWorkedAround.)

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Old 06-14-2020, 03:47 PM   #2
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(I think the only objective standard for post lengths is character limits. EvenWordLimitsCanBeWorkedAround.)hS
While I agree in principle, that would mean every post would have to written in another format (e.g. Word) first and then transferred to the Downs for posting. Especially for people playing on their phone that would be a major hassle.
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Old 06-14-2020, 03:51 PM   #3
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I think you'd need to say votes can be posted separately, to avoid 'oops I misccounted' issues. Possibly the vote post can ONLY contain a vote?
Cue 'X voted Y but didn't give a reason!'


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(I think the only objective standard for post lengths is character limits. EvenWordLimitsCanBeWorkedAround.)
True, but this is not Twitter and nobody can be expected to count the characters on their every post.
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Old 06-14-2020, 04:40 PM   #4
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True, but this is not Twitter and nobody can be expected to count the characters on their every post.
True! Which just means accepting that it won't be objective.

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