ok now that there is some baseline discussion taking place I might actually have something to add.
"content" is a nebulous word, vague, endless, yet still fitting in the sizzling pan, like runny eggs at the mercy of a moderators spatula.
I write nonsense, I consider myself a content writer, I'm sure some people disagree. I mostly write game/movie reviews with little regard to if it's actually creating content here or not, I do it because I feel like it. Ask me my opinion of Dante's Inferno, FFXIII, WoW, or a myriad of other games, I'll have some learned words to rattle off about it. Ask me about politics, I'll unleash a barrage of bitterness at how fucked the system is. Ask me about boobies? Actually, no, don't I'll probably just go on and on about how much I miss Jennaboo4u posting here
Do people think that some dude who has an opinion about some things, and not others = content?
*shrug*
I wouldn't worry about it. The thing is, the word moderation is self defining in a way. I've seen forums overmoderated in to extinction, and others undermoderated to the point that spam & or flame wars marred the "reputable" forum look forever.
That said, moderators also stand to get bored when nobody is stirring up shit and breaking rules. So sometimes they have to make more rules or face the fear that the community doesn't need them, and become marginalized.
My personal opinion is that a one liner isn't going to hurt anyone or kill the flow of a conversation, I'm perfectly capable of reading it in 0.5 seconds, rolling my eyes, and moving on to the next post.
Besides, Succinct delivery is far more memorable in the long run than the wordy wendys.
I can't remember a single one of Host's posts about his various stances on politics.
but I can tell you right now.
Ustwo's "new pussy" is immortal.