I hate the 100 word minimum comment
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I hate the 100 character minimum commentDoes everyone here hate the 100 character comment minimum as much as I do? Last edited by castlemist 06-04-2009 at 01:21:06 PM |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentYes I try to post a short comment and it would not let me post it. |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentOn the up-side of things, there are many publishers who require writers to give 100 word summaries of your work. It's a good exercise ... but ,yes decidedly inconvenient and quizzical to prevent someone delivering a clever quip. |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentIn reality, the 100 character comment Last edited by dahlusion 06-02-2009 at 02:25:03 PM |
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Re: Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentQuote: Originally Posted by dahlusion Anyway, 100 charcters is a good exercise in writing profound comments, comments that mean something more than a simple, "I like it". Yes, and this was our intention actually. People were complaining they'd get someone "driving by" their poem and blasting up a "hated it." and giving it a 1. Now they have to explain themselves more. On the flip side, I can see a place for a quick comment. A catch 22 really, but I personally think its better overall with the 100 character limit. -Papa Paczki 
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentMaybe you're right. I just don't like restrictions. |
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Re: Re: Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentQuote: Originally Posted by papapaczki Originally Posted by dahlusion Anyway, 100 charcters is a good exercise in writing profound comments, comments that mean something more than a simple, "I like it". Yes, and this was our intention actually. People were complaining they'd get someone "driving by" their poem and blasting up a "hated it." and giving it a 1. Now they have to explain themselves more. On the flip side, I can see a place for a quick comment. A catch 22 really, but I personally think its better overall with the 100 character limit. -Papa Paczki I used to run Cafe Poetry years ago (97 thru '00) and I understand the delimmas. This is what I was shooting for all those years ago. It was too much work to try to do this for people manually. Great job...I do have one request..can you link our profiles to our personal homepages..especially if we have our own URLs. Open it in a new window of course. I did that at the Cafe. Last edited by castlemist 06-02-2009 at 04:03:26 PM |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentI don't really understand the requirement in these days of "Less is More", but it doesn't bother me. I just add a few more adjectives. Last edited by Chaos128 06-02-2009 at 07:04:21 PM |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentI actually don't mind the 100 word comments. It gives people an opportunity to give true feed back to the poems and not as you say just do a drive by. I'm just confused that sometimes when I read other peoples comments on some of the poems they have only put a couple words. Maybe they did the ...... thing and I just never noticed it before. I know I appreciate getting more feed back than just "nice poem" This is really the best poetry site I've come across so far. I know some people were complaining about comments covering their profile pages. but I love that addition too. I hated having to search through each one to see if I had any comments. Thank you so much for creating this site. |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentYes sir, it is very annoying as your basically force to take up space you often don't need. |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentI am a new member and still feeling myself around... |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentI actually do sort of hate it. I mean, I appreciate folks having to give actual feedback, but, for me, having to say something and meet 100 characters means that I'll babble up to and beyond that amount. Not really a problem. Doing it right now, in fact. |
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Re: Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentQuote: Originally Posted by am2anangel I actually don't mind the 100 word comments. It gives people an opportunity to give true feed back to the poems and not as you say just do a drive by. I'm just confused that sometimes when I read other peoples comments on some of the poems they have only put a couple words. Maybe they did the ...... thing and I just never noticed it before. I know I appreciate getting more feed back than just "nice poem" This is really the best poetry site I've come across so far. I know some people were complaining about comments covering their profile pages. but I love that addition too. I hated having to search through each one to see if I had any comments. Thank you so much for creating this site. ******************************************************** I agree am2anangel- There are various ways to put together a Group Forum [and we've seen most if we've looked for them], but this one is refreshingly different. What separates them is a sense of undaunted coziness which is inherent with its focus on friendship. 
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentNo I love to run my mouth so I have hundred words before you know it |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentAgain, It is not 100 words, it is only "100 characters". Last edited by dahlusion 06-04-2009 at 01:13:26 PM |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentNot really, because any comment worth reading should be more that 100 characters. |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentOT - newbee here... I posted a poem copied and pasted and a glomb of html was inserted in the front.. tried to edit it out, but it is still there... am I stuck? |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentLol, Dahlusion what are we going to do with em, lol, people are never satisfied, How about this, Copy and paste your favorite lines mentioning that you like them the best, give them ideas, any ways I see everyones point but |
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Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentYou can always send a private message to the author if you don't want to use 100 words or more. |
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Re: Re: I hate the 100 word minimum commentIt seems to be a regular feature with a few of our postings. 'Took me a while but I eventually understood that the edit button is off to the left under the poem selection frame, not where you might think it should be - under the poem you want to edit! Quote:
Originally Posted by byjax OT - newbee here... I posted a poem copied and pasted and a glomb of html was inserted in the front.. tried to edit it out, but it is still there... am I stuck? I think it would have taken up the 100 character limit before it got to the meat. Help. Last edited by NevillePark 08-14-2009 at 03:10:17 PM |
A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. It finds the thought and the thought finds the words.
Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.