I gather from other people's posts (yes, that's right, I haven't read ALL the rules - sue me : )) that one-line posts are considered by the moderators to be annoying or undesirable.

Personally, I find that ludicrous. For centuries, nay millenia!, writers have been searching for the "ideal" one-liner: the briefest, most succinct possible verbal expression of any given idea or experience. (Haiku, anyone? And remember the origins of the famous "This too will pass" phrase...? )

Indeed, brevity - coupled with expressiveness, of course - is still considered one of the highest literary virtues and achievements.

I can certainly understand why one-liners saying "I agree/disagree" and such would be annoying - but then the rule in question should be reformulated to address the contents , not the form. (For example, by simply saying that opinion-expressing one-liners, without any argumentation, are discouraged.)








[edit on 12-1-2008 by Vanitas]

Remember that the "one line" rule doesn't just mean its' one line of text.
It is also referring to off topic minimal posts that add nothing to the discussion.


FYI... simply adding "this is not a one line post" will surely get you a 20 point "warning"

Most of my posts are one-liners and i've never gotten a warn from them. It's not a mystery that my one-liners have more substance than most peoples paragraphs!