Introducing 'No-Word-Limit-November'
A Staffrm experiment
#growingstaffrm
Our goal at Staffrm is to offer teachers a powerful professional sharing experience. Feedback indicates that we've made a good start, but we know there's still plenty of room for improvement.
One of the things we've been debating since we launched in February is the value of the 500-word limit on stories (Staffrm lingo for 'posts'). We've discussed the pros and the cons of having it with lots of people in the community, but we've never actually experimented with not having it.
We need to try to figure out whether the 500-word limit help or hinders the sharing experience. It's time for an experiment.
For the next month, there will be no word limit on Staffrm.
Test it out. Write something longer. See how it feels. And tell us what you think.
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Comments
I like that you have to be concise in 500 words and often need to crop out the unnecessary bits.
Perhaps a 1000 word limit in the 1st instance?
I love the experiment but I like the limit as it forces me to proof and refine before posting.
I like 500 word limit personally as it is like blogging for beginners. I have the attention span of a nat (still working my way through #teacher5adayread @nataliescott ) I like the concise posts and stories. On another positive I do like the new trending section as it allows me to quickly read numbers similar posts.