Originally Posted by
Martin
I think asking questions about the graphics someone has made is enough for it to be constructive and those posts look fine to me and I wouldn't have edited them either.
The first one especially is picking out something she has noticed about one of the graphics and so that straight away is fine.
I think the rule was introduced to get rid of people posting for post count in that section with things like "thats good" "thats nice" "not bad" etc, which was annoying some people in that section, and neither of these replies are 'basic' or 'short' and both offer something to the thread and are fine. It was annoying for the designers to be getting replies like that and so the option to get cc was introduced. This can't really always be strictly followed in threads like that though, and I think as long as the post offers something then it is fine.
I think the rule could be changed slightly or loosened up a bit so that people don't go back to posting short one worded replies to all the graphics threads, however posts such as these two should be fine and so perhaps its just the wording. Either way these are fine.
We do not want to be too strict, this is what we are trying to avoid with the forum, so editing posts like these would be silly imo. :P
Common sense needs to be used, and these posters made valid comments which were fine and not made for post count at all which is why the rule was introduced. As long as a post is more expanded than a simple "thats good" etc, then I personally see no problem with it. Asking questions to find out more etc are all constructive replies. The rule was introduced under previous management.
I think a balance needs to be found because I find it unfair to warn people when they are asking questions about someones work.
We are currently discussing this rule in the moderation forums as a team and will come up with something, however I believe that dealing with the above would be too harsh. :)