# Can posts be set to empty?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892 "2019-09-07T15:05:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@whitesealblackcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitesealblackcat)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/1 "2019-09-07T15:05:04Z")
I just want users to type the topic title only. Would this be possible?
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/2 "2019-09-07T15:09:10Z")
Your mean _a topic set to empty_. You can do the following, but I don’t see any need of creating a topic with 0 content:
**Example** : `
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It will appear to public as empty, but inside the post you have that format ^
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### Author:  [@whitesealblackcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitesealblackcat)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/3 "2019-09-07T15:46:54Z")
Thank you.
Well, I want to create a forum where people post short questions only. That’s why I only want people to just type their question in the title.
But then other people can come and answer by replying, just like a normal forum.
So, I would like to hide the content box just for when posting a new topic, but not for when replying. Would this be possible?
I hope you get what I mean.
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### Author:  [@Thomas\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Thomas_G)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/4 "2019-09-07T15:52:31Z")
Why don’t they include the questions in the content post, and a small brief of the question as a title? What you say is not possible.
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### Author:  [@whitesealblackcat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/whitesealblackcat)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/5 "2019-09-07T16:03:22Z")
How about just changing the minimum number of characters in the content post to 0?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/6 "2019-09-07T17:14:41Z")
It sounds like you may be wanting a Question - Answer app more than an app for Discussion.
eg. title: “What is the best Ember based forum app?”
post content: n/a
vs.
title: “What is the best Ember based forum app?”
post content: “I am looking for a forum app that runs more like a desktop app than a traditional forum experience. My shop knows Ember well so I am leaning more towards Ember. Free would be ideal. Anyone have suggestions and why? TIA”
Which would be more likely to encourage a discussion? Which would be more likely to get meaningful replies?
Granted, I don’t know your community, just saying if you truly need no content posts you may want to give your choice of platform some thought.
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### Author:  [@hawm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hawm)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/7 "2019-09-07T19:33:30Z")
Set `min first post length`(maybe other posting setting, not sure) to 0 and you need to customize the new topic’s composer like hide the content editor or build your own one, I think is possible to do what your say.
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### Author:  [@b481](https://meta.discourse.org/u/b481)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/8 "2020-11-12T12:22:36Z")
the minimum value is set 1, sadly. slightly irksome as people can’t just respond with images and often have to enter a full stop just to meet the 1 character requirement. obviously minor, but it would be nice to at least have the option to customize it to 0, or possibly having images being in a post negate the 1 character rule.
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### Author:  [@renato](https://meta.discourse.org/u/renato)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/9 "2020-11-12T14:25:48Z")
I came across a [similar need](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-ratings-plugin/39578/330) using the [Topic Ratings plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-ratings-plugin/39578), where I’d like users to be able to omit the post content entirely **if** a rating is submitted.
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### Author:  [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/10 "2023-03-06T06:39:56Z")
I have solved it with a plugin:
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It allows to set « **min first post length** » to **0**.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-posts-be-set-to-empty/127892/11 "2023-04-29T15:31:52Z")