How do you combat the one-word-posts on your forum?

I've seen some people add a skin, that recommends a 'decent' number of posts. But surely, if the standard has been set, and your actually passionate about forums, you would post something half decent?



*Gets ready to kick the next person who replies to this with a one word answer*

Are you asking about an appropriate minimum number of words per post, or the number of posts overall?

Personally, I have no problem with one-word posts if they make sense in the context of the thread.

Well I recently added the "Hows my post?" code to the board so people feel compelled to write more now lol. But I really don't mind one-word posts. *shrugs*

I find one-worded posts annoying. Especially in debates. I mean, who would put "Lol" as an answer to the threat of the H5N1 bird flu?

That's just spam. Heck, I knew an ADMIN who would do crap like that, except he would sometimes add a little more: "LOL, Internets."

None of his colleagues ever called him on that. I finally did (wasn't on staff at the time), and got punished for it. That was (and still is) a forum where the staff feel free to ignore the same rules they crack down on others for violating.

I think there should be a minimum post limit of 50 words in a debate. That way, you'd automatically limit the small posters, and let the real debaters crack on.