I prefer quality. I am one of those who struggle to write short posts. I would love to though. An average post for me is around 1600 words and I struggle to stop. :)

All the best!
David

quality for sure, but it isn't mutually exclusive

Yes, i agree that quality is the most important and enough of it!

Quality always is a better read and for those that glance at subject matter they look for specific words that are key to the subject matter. Hey wait a minute Key and words, that's what we look for too.

I do agree, that depending on the topic, quality is better over quantity.

I agree with you Jumane. There are some in the industry I feel that believe more verbiage equates to more effort and less laziness! Saying it concisely and to the point should always rule!

Quality first but if a post needs some explanation throughout quantity is important as well.

Both.

I leave sites that don't provide good content information and lots of it. It all depends on what I am researching. Some topics can be summed up with good content in a few hundred words. But other topics require much more. So in many ways it all depends on what the topic is.

For me, most of my posts that get good rankings in Google are the ones that have 2000 words of solid content. That's not to say some of my smaller 800-1000 word posts don't do well. But I notice better traffic on bigger posts.

TD