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   Richard Burton (riburton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:21:31 JST Richard Burton

   What is the maximum number of characters allowed in a Mastodon post? I’ve noticed some posts are quite long but I tried a long post and found I had exceeded the character count after a short paragraph.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:21:27 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sarah E Bourne

     @sbourne @RiBurton

     Hey there Mr Burton!

     I run a website at https://fedi.tips which is full of info for beginners.

     An instance is just another name for a server. It means the server or site you signed up on. In your case, your server is mastodon.social.

     There are thousands of servers on here, all independent, and they sometimes offer different features to their users. Some of them offer much larger character limits.

     You can move your account if you want to change servers.

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     Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:21:29 JST Sarah E Bourne

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     • FediTips has moved!

     @RiBurton I could try to explain, but it sounds like you need @feditips! Everything I know I learned from there (and the website they link to on their account page.)

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     Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:21:31 JST Sarah E Bourne

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     @RiBurton Different instances have different length settings. It's something to consider if you ever think of changing instances.

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     Richard Burton (riburton@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:21:31 JST Richard Burton

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     • Sarah E Bourne

     @sbourne as you can see, I’m new here & feel really dumb. What is an instance?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:22:42 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sarah E Bourne

     @sbourne @RiBurton

     p.s. You don't have to be on the same server as others. The servers connect together to form a single network, very much like the telephone system.

     When you make a phone call, you don't need to think about whether the person on the other end uses a different provider, because all the phone providers are connected. This place is like that, but for social media.

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     Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:27:50 JST Sarah E Bourne

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     • FediTips has moved!

     @RiBurton @feditips I just glanced at that again. What I called an "instance" they call a "server".

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 03:27:50 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sarah E Bourne

     @sbourne @RiBurton

     Yeah, they mean the same thing on here, just two different words for it.