Make it possible to start topics with only titles, no content in first post

[tobiaseigen]

I am moving this to Feature because what you are describing is a feature request, which likely could be addressed with a theme component. I don’t think it’s likely to become a core feature given that Discourse is built on the premise of facilitating long form communication, in paragraphs.

I don’t disagree that sometimes it feels duplicative and a bit frustrating to have to write both a topic title and post content when starting a topic. But on the other hand in almost all cases it will be worthwhile for others wanting to help or respond to have at least a few sentences to respond to.

[Lilly]

I think Don has a theme component that does this: GitHub - VaperinaDEV/empty-post

Allow for empty posts and empty topic body

Hello Personally, I don’t understand what is the sense of posting empty but I can accept that there may be communities where this is common and I remember this is not the first request for something like this. There is a way to bypass the posting limit. It can be with for example [wrap] tags because it will be count as characters. I know it’s probably not the best option to always type it. So I’ve made a theme component for it. I hope it will enough for you and your communit…

[bdfl (Bryan)]

Thanks, Lilly - I’m surprised I hadn’t seen that topic. The theme component doesn’t seem to help with our use case. I’m just trying to simplify the process for users who want to post a simple idea that doesn’t require more than a title. It’s especially important for new users and people less familiar with this type of technology.