I think that if there is rule that one word can't be posted the thing can be automated, there is no need to have moderators for that.
If there are moderators to look into it they should act as human beings, not as robots blindly applying the rules.
"Great!" - can be just "the general chit chat" for someone who is "not a big fan of small talk", but when he is on the Communities service his personal preferences shouldn't matter that much.
The Goethe's tragedy Faust (in case someone knows what's I'm speaking about) finished with just one word "Saved!" and that word make the tragedy a great masterpiece without which it wouldn't probably be that.
The Bitcoin code finishes also with just on word, but without that word it wouldn't be usable either.
It was days we were trying to find a solution of an issue and I specifically asked the person we were trying to help whether he has solved. Once he's answered in a relatively positive way I answered him "Great!" because it was a logical conclusion of the discussion we were doing, for me it's just normal to be polite with people, of course I could've dropped the discussion without answering anything, but I feel I'd be rude in that context if I wouldn't answer anything to that person. It's like if someone asks me "How are you?" and I keep silent because the rule imposes me to not use just one word "Fine".
I think if the rule is equal for all just make in the way I can't post one word, if the moderator is there to contribute as a human being he has to understand the context before automatically applying the rule. If not he is just another bot here.
If there are moderators to look into it they should act as human beings, not as robots blindly applying the rules.
"Great!" - can be just "the general chit chat" for someone who is "not a big fan of small talk", but when he is on the Communities service his personal preferences shouldn't matter that much.
The Goethe's tragedy Faust (in case someone knows what's I'm speaking about) finished with just one word "Saved!" and that word make the tragedy a great masterpiece without which it wouldn't probably be that.
The Bitcoin code finishes also with just on word, but without that word it wouldn't be usable either.
It was days we were trying to find a solution of an issue and I specifically asked the person we were trying to help whether he has solved. Once he's answered in a relatively positive way I answered him "Great!" because it was a logical conclusion of the discussion we were doing, for me it's just normal to be polite with people, of course I could've dropped the discussion without answering anything, but I feel I'd be rude in that context if I wouldn't answer anything to that person. It's like if someone asks me "How are you?" and I keep silent because the rule imposes me to not use just one word "Fine".
I think if the rule is equal for all just make in the way I can't post one word, if the moderator is there to contribute as a human being he has to understand the context before automatically applying the rule. If not he is just another bot here.
I've had worse. One user asked a yes/no question. I answered "no". My post was deleted. I cried for a couple of days but I got over it. I think. Still getting misty-eyed when I think about it. It took me a 2, maybe even 3 seconds to craft that totally-on-topic and very useful response. The forum is now so much worse without that valuable contribution.