I also catch up that some people don't like to award Merit to a post that is shorter with cogent reasons and meaningful rather prefer a post that is large and contains a large numbers of articles, while those posts that is very ambiguous can as well contain More less vital informations that is valueless than the shorter Post
What matters most is not about the volume but the quality, all I noticed is that even unworthy long posts on this forum are not merited. We can start a competition to look for long and short posts, you will go for short posts and I will go for long posts and see which ones are more having quality and explanations needed. I am pretty sure I will win.
According to my observations, long posts are sometimes very tedious to read. I very often see the indignation of users that it would be nice to shorten a thought in the text, especially since it carries a lot of "water"
You are right, but I noticed there are exceptional cases, there are some users I have in my mind already, no matter how long there post is, I will read it from beginning to the end. I noticed some long posts are still even short if compared to its quality.
But when it comes to merit, great posts are sometimes also rated more for effort than quality. So yes, I agree, all that is needed can be said briefly but clearly. It is the most convenient and not fatiguing in terms of reading.
You are also right, but there are exceptional cases too. I have many long posts, though I was trying to short many but I only included what I think should be included, and before I will know, it would have been long. But there are people like mk4 that receives merit frequently but having short posts but of good quality.
But people like mk4 are not common on this forum, most others like that have long post to explain in details necessary contents needed in a thread.