That's not as annoying as the robo-posters who post 200-300 market reports back to back, and clog up the home page.

I have no problem whatsoever with the Varmints' Nailie Award!
It has become part of our community culture here, and besides that they have so many GD points I don't think they really care if they're racking up 25 here and there for making somebody feel good about the information that they imparted.

Even if the word count was changed, it would not stop those who are robo-posting comments.  They will continue to do what they do with 25 words.

I think it's fine.  At least the member you refer to is reading other comments and not just responding with gibberish. They are acknowledging what answer aligns with their own thoughts.  I don't want people making comments just to meet a word count.  One or two word responses are fine if they are approproiate to the question. 

I don't see this as a priority or even as a concern.

Comments on questions have a one-character minimum. Comments on blogs have a 10-word minimum. So, on the blogs, "XYZ nailed it!" wouldn't get them any points. 

In Q&A, I just focus on giving an appropriate response/answer, then reading & upvoting the good answers! 

There actually did used to be a minimum word count on comments on blogs (not here in Q&A though that I know of). I think it was 10. There even was a counter on the comment box so you could know if you'd made the 10 or not. I'm unsure why that requirement went away. I honestly don't care how long comments are. I actually like seeing who that member thought "nailed it" and I usually find the comment to see what the person said. It's also fun when you are the person that nailed it. :-) -K

Nah 

Are you talking about answers or blogs?  For blogs they need to be 10 words long.  For questions, sometimes a "no" suffices.

Yes, and other members that simply reply "good luck" or "yes" and "no" to 99% her posts in Q&A.

And other members that copy & paste on all my listings posts and so forth.

I do it back to them to give'em a taste once in a while, but who has time for that nonsense.

No... "XYZ nailed it" only works for points in the Q&A section and sometimes 25 words are not needed. Many spend enough time here each day without having to increase the amount of time we need to spend writing comments. At the end of the day, for those who make silly comments just for the points, it's their loss... it's not like they can spend those points somewhere.

It is what it is and I am fine with it!

I would prefer to just eliminate the points system.

Martin,

It is not worth caring about that...life is too short to even think about it.  A

No Martin they shouldn't. Who cares & carry on with your other social media. 

What about getting right to the point!

I could see a dozen Martin Kalisker but I think 25 is a bit excessive for many questions.

Im with Fred Griffin 

You do the best, high quality input you can. Focus on your production with blinders on.

Martin Kalisker 25 words minimum might be high. 

Points do strange things to people just like wealth, power & fame does

I am in agreement with Michael Jacobs that it is not a concern. Let people post as they will. There are bigger concerns here like the falling post rankings.

Not an issue for me.  I concentrate on the question and try to give my personal opinion and don't do it for the points anyway.  What's the point of that? pun 

Nope.

Martin Kalisker - There are more than 300,000 members and each of them may have a different goal for their blogging here in 'Rain.

Let them do what they do, within the given framework - and let us do what we should. 

(Just checking - my answer is 25 words.)

I find that life is best when we follow Susan Emo 's advice and ...

Keep your eyes on your own paper.

I don’t care if they do or don’t. They could do something tomorrow, who knows. 

not sure you can experiment it .... May be linked to your banner.......

LOL.... comments should be used to encourage more conversation....  or to challenge someone's answer.... imagine what AR would look like if their point system was eliminated.... only those who are truly interested in communicating would participate.... I wonder what those numbers would look like....

I have one Broker who always says "tell me in 10 words or less"...

My problem is I always hear "tell me in 10 pages or more"...

I don't feel that all questions require a 25 word answer... if a short 3-4 word answer is sufficient... so be it.. if it requires 2 pages then 2 pages it is...

I don't care how many points anyone else has. I barely care how many points I have 

Does it matter?

Many questions do not need a dissertation to reply yes or no.

Many 'Rainers nailed this one!

I don't have as much of a problem with that, but the robo-posters.   How does anyone do any business posting that many a day?    This also tells others, if they are doing it, it must be working, and now seeing a few others jumping on doing so many posts a day.   Someone should put a limit on them.

No

Not a bad idea, if you ask me, Martin Kalisker! And the reasoning/justification behind the proposed modification (25 word requirement) is very understandable and commendable. - Tim 

It does bother me when I get a one word answer to my thoughtful question. It really doesn't answer the question and is of no worth to me

it does not bother me what others do.

I thought you have a longer comment for a post to get points, but not for an answer. 

I will report what I consider to be spam. Otherwise, I have no interest is policing others re: Active Rain.

no.......................

No idea