# Should the minimum character warning educate about likes?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2015 年 4 月 17 日午後 11:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721 "2015-04-17T23:17:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author: ![anon21958287](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 12:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/21 "2015-04-22T12:17:17Z")

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> [@downey](#):
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> This is a frequent complaint of our users.

Haha! Not ours. We have minimum length set to 1. Viola!

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### Author: ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 2:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/22 "2015-04-22T14:46:39Z")

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Not to mention we have found numerous ways of getting around the content restrictions.

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### Author: ![RaceProUK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/raceprouk/32/115844_2.png) [@RaceProUK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaceProUK)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 3:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/23 "2015-04-22T15:43:33Z")

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True  
\<It’s actually pretty easy\>

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### Author: ![JazzyJosh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jazzyjosh/32/122515_2.png) [@JazzyJosh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JazzyJosh)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 3:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/24 "2015-04-22T15:49:35Z")

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 7:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/25 "2015-04-22T19:23:34Z")

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[https://i.imgur.com/iVHfwLc.webm](https://i.imgur.com/iVHfwLc.webm)

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### Author: ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 10:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/26 "2015-04-22T22:00:57Z")

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Y’all got any more of that… grain?

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/c/6c76141d2d38bd139e7ba33a5261824fa66bec66.png) 

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/4/14cc9a78ee6773e01fe4df40e0ac314ea111b448.png)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 10:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/27 "2015-04-22T22:28:48Z")

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Well, y’know, animated gif.. 256 colors.. converted back to mpeg… it works a little bit like this

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/6/a/6a59c1a3cb396d7fb114da20bbbafd864367218e.jpg)

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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 10:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/28 "2015-04-22T22:51:00Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Perhaps if all they need is a boolean, one bit, 0 or 1 answer, these users should start a poll topic instead?

A nice idea, but polls don’t work via email. (The medium in which all of our complaints originate.)

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### Author: ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 22 日午後 11:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/29 "2015-04-22T23:08:47Z")

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Apropops rube goldberg machines, it would be a crime not to link this awesome video:

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/0/c/00c1213144c3f2e2f4d0765af329bdccc9171fb2.jpeg "OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine - Official Video") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w)

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### Author: ![anon25879736](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 23 日午後 2:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/30 "2015-04-23T14:43:50Z")

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> [@downey](#):
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> A nice idea, but polls don’t work via email. (The medium in which all of our complaints originate.)

And polls don’t work mid thread, either.

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### Author: ![neil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/neil/32/102150_2.png) [@neil](https://meta.discourse.org/u/neil)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 23 日午後 6:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/31 "2015-04-23T18:25:15Z")

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Do polls work mid-thread?

_Poll ([view on site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/31))_

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 23 日午後 6:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/32 "2015-04-23T18:29:33Z")

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I’m totally psyched about the poll upgrade

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### Author: ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)
#### Post date: [2015 年 4 月 23 日午後 6:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/33 "2015-04-23T18:54:07Z")

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I clicked no because I can’t hide results or change my vote without a page reload. 😄

But, yay! 🏆

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2020 年 10 月 14 日午後 6:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-the-minimum-character-warning-educate-about-likes/27721/37 "2020-10-14T18:43:31Z")

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