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Will hubdub allow question creators to use >90 characters to create questions this week?

Settled as No

We haven't changed this yet.

Background:

hubdub limits questions cre8tors to 90 characters today.

Related article: http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/plainenglish/sentencelength/


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Yes
14%
No
86%
Activity: H$28,255
Settled as No on Mon 12th May 2008 8:34am PDT

Suspend date: Sun 11th May 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 12th May 2008 8:34am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 11th May 2008 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Wed 7th May 2008 12:02pm PDT by mork[Power User]
Suspended Sun 11th May 2008 12:59am PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Mon 12th May 2008 8:21am PDT by randburg: It seems that hubdub stuck to the 90 character limit. Could this be settled please?
Settled as 'No' Mon 12th May 2008 8:34am PDT by nigeleccles[Admin]: We haven't changed this yet.

Suspend date: Sun 11th May 2008 12:59am PDT Settlement date: Mon 12th May 2008 8:34am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 11th May 2008 12:59am PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (38)

38 predictions

34 weeks ago
php_ini predicted No (H$50 at 86%)
34 weeks ago
bcguelph predicted No (H$10,000 at 82%)
34 weeks ago
jaspersoddity predicted No (H$475 at 76%)
34 weeks ago
owl1 predicted Yes (H$50 at 36%)
34 weeks ago
anaverageamerican predicted No (H$20 at 64%)
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Comments (5)

I hope so, if you look at my dozens of predictions they are normally >90 characters.
posted 35 weeks ago
  2 mork[Power User]
This makes some questions impossible to publish and discourages question creating.
posted 35 weeks ago
  3 bayoubear[Admin]
Yep...I had trouble posting one of my regular questions yesterday...why the limit....or could it be set a bit higher?
posted 34 weeks ago
I think they did it to make Q's easier on the eyes and quicker to choose for those browsing and forcing peeps to make better and more detailed DESCRIPTIONS :-D
posted 34 weeks ago
  5 bayoubear[Admin]
I understand Lucid's point and it's correct, but why 90...could they've gone a little higher? I'm usually falling only 5-10 characters short.
posted 34 weeks ago

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