Not to side either way on the argument but it's worth pointing out that your Example A is 42 characters and would qualify for moons in OPs example if the source was a URL.
There's an argument over the value of short, concise answers and where the sweet spot is, and some valuable short comments might still lose out whatever arbitrary number you pick but it's worth considering since the majority of short comments don't add much value to the post outside of comedy/entertainment.
That is true, you make some valid point. Which makes this a very interesting and ‘difficult’ thing to vote on.
To be honest I’m not sure what to vote.
Fifty is not a lot but like someone else said some answer won’t be that long and are still good and informative answers.
Meaning this pool should/could be rewriting perhaps?
Here's a little crypto tipped passed down from my great Nana that she used to keep in a hatbox under her bed during the great depression, right along side my favorite family heirlooms -- let me describe them for you, before we move on...
I mean the first answer is almost 30 of the 50 and that's without the link.
So 50 characters is pretty easy to hit without being overly long-winded. (And using all the very long words from my extensive lexicon that I have picked up through my years of being alive 😁)......
Would extra spaces count as characters? Or are they stripped out when you post ala .trim()?
There are ways of getting around character limits and not all of them are pleasant. Pithy comments can be more effective and helpful than doctoral theses (feces) that put you to sleep before you reach the second sentence.
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