when you reply to me specifically about something that has nothing to do with anything in my comment, i'm going to assume that you're trying to start something with me by holding me accountable for something you clearly have a grudge against when it's a position none of my comments have stated i held. if you're not trying to engage me in comment quality length then go +1 one of the other comments that say that there can be good short comments.
the subjectivity thing for long vs. short doesn't hold up for me. it's coded right there into ao3. 0 characters is too short for one comment and 4301 is too long for one. those are the metrics that we're working in. the short/medium divide is subjective but being near or above 4300 means long on ao3.
if you want three to four paragraphs to equal "long" then that means that a full comment or multiples are "extra long" or "epic length", no? in which case the categories are short-medium-long-extra long. even if you want to subjectively let the starting line for long being closer to medium or short, there's gonna be stuff on the longer end of long. so what is the point of calling something that should be medium long? it's not going to magically make a "long" comment seem longer when compared to truly long comments.
what i really don't understand is why you're set on calling it "long" when you're also arguing that nonlong comments are good. "short comments are great!! but 300 words counts as a long comment too in my book!" is like trying to have your cake and eat it too.
Re: Ways in which you are petty
the subjectivity thing for long vs. short doesn't hold up for me. it's coded right there into ao3. 0 characters is too short for one comment and 4301 is too long for one. those are the metrics that we're working in. the short/medium divide is subjective but being near or above 4300 means long on ao3.
if you want three to four paragraphs to equal "long" then that means that a full comment or multiples are "extra long" or "epic length", no? in which case the categories are short-medium-long-extra long. even if you want to subjectively let the starting line for long being closer to medium or short, there's gonna be stuff on the longer end of long. so what is the point of calling something that should be medium long? it's not going to magically make a "long" comment seem longer when compared to truly long comments.
what i really don't understand is why you're set on calling it "long" when you're also arguing that nonlong comments are good. "short comments are great!! but 300 words counts as a long comment too in my book!" is like trying to have your cake and eat it too.