As a normal user I want to add my input: Having a minimum character limit won't remove spam and plagiarism, it will just make honest people want to share their points less...

I can understand your point about hive-farming, but shouldn't that be treated in case-to-case bases and not the platform as whole?

I agree with @logic in that Free Speech is not plagiarism & spam, but as far as I see, the spam in DBuzz is minimal and is only there by some accounts, and if those accounts were upvoted by @dbuzz account (which I think should be regulated more @chrisrice) hivewatchers option should be to blacklist those accounts, not the whole interface.

Well, these are just my thoughts... I hope MSPWaves thing happens if possible, the discussion will feel more official that way.