Shorter posts more compact Created 13 years ago2011-10-17 15:28:05 UTC by Striker

I'm going to make a practical suggestion: It bothers me to read threads that are mostly composed of short answers, or pages of threads with short answers.

If someone's post is less than 2 complete lines you( Penguinboy or Ant or whoever has access to the site's code) should make that post more compact(occupy less space). If a person doesn't have much to say, it shouldn't take a lot of blank space for nothing.

I realize this can destroy the thread symmetry( and avatars will disappear in short posts, or be of smaller size), and if it's such a big problem, perhaps you have some other advice?

Seems a bit pointless to me. (deliberate short post to rub it in)

In this case your post was useful. Why? It serves as a comparison of how much space the blank part takes, compared to my post where most of the space was exploited usefully. (and this post occupies a bit too much space too!)

You could always option to use the small avatars in the forum. That should shorten things up a bit. (In Edit your profile, it's a checkbox)

Actually that didn't do anything.. Just made, well, the avatars smaller.

So essentially you want the small forum avatars function back? I think we had that back in like TWHL2 or something.

Re-introducing it in TWHL4 might be a good idea actually - should help with readability on smartphones, etc.

EDIT: Ah, we still have that. Never mind.
I agree that that should make the posts smaller as well - it only makes sense.

If you're on normal-sized screen though, does it really hurt that much to scroll a tiny bit more?

Seems like ALOT of work for the Admins.

Archie, ready for the new House tonight?

I'm in the UK so I don't get it tonight, but Hugh performs each episode live for us at the end of the year with some tea and crumpets so it's not too bad.

So?

So

Shut up, Dimbark. Spam somewhere else.

Sorry, but it seems it has to be said multiple times.

I think a ban is in order.

I think a ban is in order.

someone rocks the boat and a ban is in order? you guys are silly.

regarding the thread though, i wouldnt be too fussed about short answers. what bothers me in forums is when the user puts huge pictures in their signiture, which ends up taking up way too much space. we dont have that here though, so... thats good.

Apart from a little spam and some childish behaviour, Dimbark is doing nothing really wrong. There's one or two users here who continually pick on him and try to get him banned every time he posts. As far as I'm concerned they're more likely to get banned, and it should be no surprise why.

This is a place of many different, strong opinions, and we try to let them all slide, but there's a huge difference from being opinionated and simply picking on other users. Telling someone to shut it because of some spammy behaviour is one thing, trying to get him banned and posting harsh comments simply because you don't like him is another thing entirely.

Cut it out. You guys know who you are.

I like having posts nice and spaced out. It means you can't possibly miss anything.