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Q&A What fluff (and what level of fluff) is acceptable in posts?

Not allowing fluff was the norm Elsewhere, and I consider it the norm here unless explicitly stated to the contrary. I am not aware of a community here that has stated they like content-free greet...

posted 7mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Olin Lathrop‭ · 2023-10-17T12:36:29Z (7 months ago)
Not allowing fluff was the norm Elsewhere, and I consider it the norm here unless explicitly stated to the contrary.

I am not aware of a community here that has stated they like content-free greetings, closings, and the like.  I would therefore feel free to edit out such fluff, preferably shortly after a post is written so it doesn't bump things later.

I do agree this should be up to each site, although we could set a default here for cases where sites haven't made their position clear.  Over on EE, we have.  See the <i>To the Point</i> section of https://electrical.codidact.com/help/asking.  I have edited out fluff a number of times there.  If you keep a place clean from the start, there is less objection to each individual cleanup action.