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this post was submitted on 01 Aug 2023
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So downvote those answers, or engage with the commenter in other ways
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Agreed
If enough people think that a simple "yay" is funny enough to be upvoted near the top it probably is. If it is not upvoted it is not really a problem. Sure they are low-effort comments but in the age of ChatGPT, you can also write low-effort answers that are much longer. It is the voter's responsibility, not the moderator's, to separate interesting posts from non-interesting ones.
Nope
You want descriptive answers? Make a descriptive question.
It can be as simple as 'what is "x" and why?'
Missed opportunity for you to say 'what is "x" and y?'
Hmm
"Finding Nemo 2" is a 3 word answer.
False. "2" is a number and not a word.
Then it's a 2 word, and 1 number answer.
Maybe
Why?
Meh.
Nah
You're asking for a much more intense "quality control" kind of moderation that is one of the reasons Reddit is sinking. That's asking for a lot more mod actions, which is a lot more time spent moderating, and also results in some degree of subjective application of rules for "quality". Heavy mod workloads and subjective decisions tends to drive good, well-balanced mods away (they have actual lives to lead with less time to mod) and only attracts the shitstains with nothing better to do who mod for their own personal power.
Downvote a comment if it isn't contributory. That's what the button is for (not a "I disagree").
Edit: also many of those one word answers spawn a lot of good discussion underneath them. So they're not always totally worthless
There's no way to add an automated rule -> if c/asklemmy then comment should have 5 words minimum else don't allow reply?
No no no no no.
If() comment<5 words;
Ban user
Else();
Post commentYes.
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