1000 Characters

[lvstephanie]

In some forums or comment areas, the site imposes limits for the number of characters that can be used. This would include not only the letters, but also any digits, spaces, and punctuation. And usually the normal limit is set to 1000 characters. This limit provides the poster with enough space to compose a short paragraph; to write the main idea of the poster without comment running on and on in a rambling manner. This is also very effective in allowing multiple visitors to each express their own opinion while maintaining the reader's attention span. However, David Thorne has added an interesting twist. Instead of thinking of the 1000 characters as a limit, he has made it into a goal. He basically made it into a game to create a coherent post that gets as close as possible to the 1000 character limit without going over (sort of like the Price is Right game show). Check out http://www.27bslash6.com/1000characters.html To start it off, this post itself has exactly 1000 characters in it!