Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5723322-20150707033610/@comment-24754078-20150707052013

I agree with most of the points but I want to address 4:

No, it's not the only way they know how to respond (and yes I speak for everyone with this. If they didn't know what to reply with besides "K", then... Sorry?). For example (an unfortunate one, and I do realize it's extreme but it's the best way to put it.), you tell somebody that sadly, your dog died and your gold fish was run over by a car for whatever reason. Now, you DON'T expect "K" as a reply, at all. At the very least you'd expect some empathy, and "Okay" isn't the way you do that.

Besides, the rule aims not the fact that it's rude overall (because it's not.). It aims the issue where people just reply with "K" to serious matters, which is not only rude, it also is disrespectful and careless. Because you can reply "K" to anything as long as it is a joke or because you're talking about something and the opportunity just appears. That's okay. The problem is that when there is an ISSUE or 'SERIOUS' topic and you get "K" as a reply. And that's where the rule comes in. It's not about "K" being a problem. It's how people use it so carelessly and how that is the problem as it offends the people that it was directed to.

Basically the rule is a "Don't be a dick and type an actual reply when serious issues are being put as topic."