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View submission: Rule Enforcement Change - Top-level comments must answer the question
Ah I did wonder why you guys were going so hard on that TV licence thread.
Comment by Leonichol at 18/01/2025 at 15:48 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Yep, that was the latest problem and a good example of the issue. Many people not answering the question, and most of the Top Voted replies having little to do with it either, because people vote to agree, not to signal 'hey OP, this is a good answer'.
Technically should've tempbanned >250 users there alone. But no good would've come from that other than a bunch of pissed off people in modmail. Would that reaction *really* have helped the sub? Maybe. But I doubt it. Therefore we only did that for the most egregious.
This said it completely baffled me why *so many* people took to the submission to shoot off a TLC on their opinion on the licence (which wasn't what OP asked). Like I get it, people don't like the licence. But given there was already *200 other similar replies that said the same thing* a whole lot of people could've saved themselves the effort had they just read someone else's identical comment and upvoted it instead.
Half makes you wonder how many App users just mindlessly press 'reply' on posts without going into the comments. I wonder how many don't realise other comments exist...