diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
index 852a89a..dcd3ca9 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/frontend_http.go
@@ -680,13 +680,6 @@ func (self *httpFrontend) handle_postRequest(pr *postRequest, b bannedFunc, e er
 		e(err)
 		return
 	}
-
-	if !hasAtLeastNWords(m, 3) {
-		err = errors.New("your message is too short")
-		e(err)
-		return
-	}
-
 	nntp := new(nntpArticle)
 	defer nntp.Reset()
 	var banned bool
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
index bc98833..3d137e9 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/postgres.go
@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ func (self *PostgresDatabase) upgrade7to8() {
 }
 
 func (self *PostgresDatabase) upgrade8to9() {
-	cmds := []string{
-		"ALTER TABLE ArticlePosts ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS frontendpubkey TEXT DEFAULT ''",
+	cmds := []string {
+		"ALTER TABLE ArticlePosts ADD COLUMN frontendpubkey TEXT",
 		"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS nntpchan_pubkeys(status VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL, pubkey VARCHAR(64) PRIMARY KEY)",
 	}
 	for _, cmd := range cmds {