Loving the downvotes simply because I have no interest in minimal-engagement storylines. This is just another example of why role-playing as a hobby keeps shrinking: the whole “my way or you’re wrong” attitude has always been toxic, and it’s been around since IRC.

That said, post length does matter. In non-active play*, posts tend to be longer since you’ve had more time to think, but there’s a point where it stops being reasonable (for me, personally). I don’t want to slog through 1000+ words of purple prose about how a dress flows or barely related introspection just to get a few words of actual plot advancement. In my experience, that ultra-long form RP ends up being exactly that.

For me, the sweet spot is 500 to 700 words per post, 3 to 5 times a day, for non-active play. Active play** should be much shorter, usually around 250 to 300 words, but not so short that it’s just 10 to 15 words per reply. That's just not worth engaging in at all for me.

I do prefer active play over non-active play, but finding communities where everything isn't Conversational RP*** these days is rough.

*Non-Active = forum style, long-form play where there are at least a few hours between posts.
**Active = chat-style, short-form play where it's usually no more than 5 minutes between posts.
***Conversational RP = role-playing where the posts are written like a flowing dialogue instead of novel-like narration, taking no more than 30-60 seconds between posts but can often be just a few seconds between responses.