# Why bother with the minimum character requirement for replies?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-bother-with-the-minimum-character-requirement-for-replies/898
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [February 6, 2013, 6:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-bother-with-the-minimum-character-requirement-for-replies/898 "2013-02-06T06:14:58Z")
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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: [February 6, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-bother-with-the-minimum-character-requirement-for-replies/898/2 "2013-02-06T06:20:05Z")

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Generally because it puts a barrier in front of annoying behavior.

Is it an _insurmountable_ barrier? No. But why allow annoying behavior when you can _discourage_ it?

That said it’s a forum level setting. Don’t like it, start a forum, change the setting to zero. voila.

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