A forum question...

[Annahya]

Hey all,

So, call me a "forum noob" or whatever choice label you have, but I am very curious about a practice I see often enough...

I see a number of posts that include "1234567890" or "Superfluous text" is this some forum thing I am not familiar with (as, by my post count one can see I am not terribly active in forums - though I try not to be what seems to be very broadly described as a troll)?

My initial thought is that there was a minimum character count for responses, and this is just a way of filling it up - but I figured I would risk my credibility and ask instead of wondering.

Thanks for any insight or mocking that may result from this question.
~Anna

[Korpg]

10 character limit.

Or 9 if you put a space in between character.

8 if you put two spaces, the number seems to start at the first character and ends at the last character, but it still counts spaces.

[Annahya]

I appreciate the answer - thank you.

[Runespider]

If you made a post saying "I agree" it would not allow it to be posted since it's under 10 letters. So they post "I agree" and then post whatever else, 1234567890 is extra junk to get around the minimum post count and showing what the extra junk is there for.

[Korpg]

If you made a post saying "I agree" it would not allow it to be posted since it's under 10 letters. So they post "I agree" and then post whatever else, 1234567890 is extra junk to get around the minimum post count and showing what the extra junk is there for.

I agree.

1234567890

Superfluous text.

<insert meleeSMN bashing joke here>

[Arcon]

It trims the text (removes every space-like character at the front and at the end), then removes everything between quote-tags, then it removes all tags themselves. The result is the number of characters. Includes whitespaces and linebreaks.

It's a useless technique, since everyone can abuse it without getting punished.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

<insert meleeSMN bashing joke here>

Or make fun of Korpg's sig. ^^

[Alhanelem]

In case it's not obvious, quoted text does not count. Thus, you can't just quote someone and say "This!" without adding filler. It's supposed to encourage people to write at least one real sentence, but it fails to achieve that.

[Annahya]

Cool - thanks for all the responses, guys!

[Dallas]

Or make fun of Korpg's sig. ^^

Hey, his BLM needs that hMP!