One potential issue is that this makes posting shortforms even more attractive, so you might see everything being initially posted as shortforms (except maybe very long effortposts) since there’s no downside to doing that. I wonder if that’s something the admins want to see.
It seems like the quality of short form writing that displaces what would otherwise have been full posts will generally be lower. But on the other hand, people might feel more willing to publish at all, because they don’t have to make the assessment of whether or not they’re good enough to be worth making a bid that other people read it.
One potential issue is that this makes posting shortforms even more attractive, so you might see everything being initially posted as shortforms (except maybe very long effortposts) since there’s no downside to doing that. I wonder if that’s something the admins want to see.
I agree that this seems like a likely effect.
It seems like the quality of short form writing that displaces what would otherwise have been full posts will generally be lower. But on the other hand, people might feel more willing to publish at all, because they don’t have to make the assessment of whether or not they’re good enough to be worth making a bid that other people read it.