Due to the large number of reports we’ve received about recent posts, we’ve added Rule 7 stating “No low-effort posts. This is subjective and will largely be determined by the community member reports.”
In general, we allow a post’s fate to be determined by the amount of downvotes it receives. Sometimes, a post is so offensive to the community that removal seems appropriate. This new rule now allows such action to be taken.
We expect to fine-tune this approach as time goes on. Your patience is appreciated.
I think redundancy is an important factor here as well. That was an issue I saw frequently on subreddits and a primary reason for me disengaging from those communities.
You would see the same low effort question posed with other users responding with high effort/detail (albeit redundant) answers. Regardless how well constructed the feedback might be, that response is dragged down by the lack of effort inherent overall to the post.
If nothing else except for the sake of space saving, a large percentage of those posts could have been nuked with no real impact to how readily the subjects/solutions could be found.