Why don’t work chat apps have min character post requirement?

Question

My company uses Slack. The amount of noise in channels is extreme due to the low friction that Slack allows for one word responses, or people posting just an emoji or gif.It seems like a huge amount of noise can be eliminated if Slack (or other work chat apps) simply required a minimum amount of characters for a channel post.Does anyone know of a work chat app that allows for this requirement?Note: this would only be a requirement for channel posts (not 1:1 chat). E.g. 100 character minimum post requirement for all channel posts seems like it would force really good chat edict - as well help reduce the &ldquo;Slack stress&rdquo; we&rsquo;ve all come to experience)

necovek · Accepted Answer

You are proposing a solution in search of a problem.It's not character limit that's the problem, or even length (shortness) of messages.It's how your company uses Slack. Look to change that.

toast0 · Answer

100 characters can still say very little of consequence; it is not a strong deterent to vapid posts.

dave4420 · Answer

Why would you want to prevent people from answering &ldquo;yes&rdquo; or &ldquo;no&rdquo; to a yes/no question?

Why don’t work chat apps have min character post requirement?

You are proposing a solution in search of a problem.
It's not character limit that's the problem, or even length (shortness) of messages.
It's how your company uses Slack. Look to change that.

100 characters can still say very little of consequence; it is not a strong deterent to vapid posts.

Why would you want to prevent people from answering “yes” or “no” to a yes/no question?