In order to enhance the quality of comments and prevent unintentional or mistakenly added comments, it would be beneficial to introduce a MIN_COMMENT_SIZE configuration option. This feature would complement the existing MAX_COMMENT_SIZE setting, ensuring that comments meet a minimum character count before being accepted.
Motivation:
Prevent Accidental Submissions: Users might accidentally hit the submit button, leading to comments that consist of just a few characters or even a single word. These comments often don't provide any meaningful context or value to the discussion.
Encourage Thoughtful Discussions: By setting a minimum character limit, we can encourage users to provide more detailed and thoughtful comments, enhancing the overall quality of the discussion.
Consistency with Existing Features: Since we already have a MAX_COMMENT_SIZE configuration, introducing a MIN_COMMENT_SIZE would provide a balanced approach to managing comment lengths.
Proposed Implementation:
Add a new configuration option named MIN_COMMENT_SIZE in the appropriate configuration files.
Ensure that the comment submission process checks against this minimum size, and if the comment doesn't meet the requirement, an appropriate error message should be displayed to the user.
Update the documentation to include details about this new configuration option, explaining its purpose and providing guidance on how to set it up.
Potential Challenges:
User Experience: While the intention is to improve comment quality, there's a potential for frustration among users if the minimum size is set too high. It's essential to communicate the reason for this restriction clearly.
Backward Compatibility: Ensure that introducing this new configuration does not affect existing setups, especially those that rely on default configurations.
Additional Notes:
It would be great to have community feedback on this proposed feature, especially regarding what might be a reasonable default value for MIN_COMMENT_SIZE if implemented.
Description:
In order to enhance the quality of comments and prevent unintentional or mistakenly added comments, it would be beneficial to introduce a
MIN_COMMENT_SIZEconfiguration option. This feature would complement the existingMAX_COMMENT_SIZEsetting, ensuring that comments meet a minimum character count before being accepted.Motivation:
MAX_COMMENT_SIZEconfiguration, introducing aMIN_COMMENT_SIZEwould provide a balanced approach to managing comment lengths.Proposed Implementation:
MIN_COMMENT_SIZEin the appropriate configuration files.Potential Challenges:
Additional Notes:
It would be great to have community feedback on this proposed feature, especially regarding what might be a reasonable default value for
MIN_COMMENT_SIZEif implemented.