Will Tildes ever implement a rule that posts require the OP to start the discussion in the text section?

wunderboi
Wed, 01 Aug 2018 13:16:09 +0000

I find posts that are just links or simple questions without any additional input from the poster to be low-effort and don't tend to garner meaningful discussion. I've noticed that there are a fair amount of those posts on this site although they're definitely the minority. There are some subreddits I follow that have implemented mandatory discussion by the OP as a rule and it really did a lot of good for discussion and thread contribution. Even something as simple as writing why you think the link you're sharing is interesting / important / etc would be enough to kick things off and invite discussion, I think.

What are you guys' thoughts on this?

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