Aral Balkan
Can we please have a setting in the administrator panel to set the character limit for a Mastodon instance?
The current lack of such a setting does nothing apart from create a two-tier fediverse where folks who have the time to maintain their own Mastodon fork and folks who use other ActivityPub servers can write as much as they like whereas everyone else is limited to 500 characters. We’re not kids; make the option accessible and let instance owners decide for themselves.
Aral Balkan
@SamStrong Yep.
Sam Strong
@aral Oh is that how some posts turn up massive? I always wondered how that worked.
Conny Duck
@aral one of the most upvoted issues https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12265
Aral Balkan
@virtulis Thanks, but it’s not feasible when you have it hosted by a third party (like toot.io or Mastohost). It’s just too much work for them to maintain forks for everyone they host. And I don’t have the time to do it myself.
often frowned upon
@aral twimc here's how you change some of the arbitrary limits: https://github.com/virtulis/mastodon/commit/7f60974eebcbf1a680370acc5e197c622a498047
I can probably make a .patch if anyone needs it.
often frowned upon
@aral honestly even putting it in the config would be an upgrade.
Aral Balkan
Tristan Harward
@virtulis @aral that would be fine. Edit: it may not be fine, as it still makes it inaccessible to folks hosted by a provider.
Aral Balkan
@Judeet88 That’s cool. But the option should be there. Including the option to truncate at any point.
Andrasta 💚💜🌼🌎🇦🇽
@aral In this age of social media I bet I'm not the only one who tends to scroll past posts that are more than about 10 lines long. It'll take awhile for posters to realise that...
Aral Balkan
@wxstationexpert Amaze.
The Weather Station Experts
@aral 500 characters is 3 times the twitter limit. The mastodon UI is made for short posts. And what we’re not talking about is the fact that’s about 100 words. If you can’t make your point, maybe the content isn’t meant for a microblogging service.
Aral Balkan
@nanoelquant Yeah, right? Wasn’t it all sorted out in the Bible?
Gold gab ich für Eisen
@aral I wonder how people seriously discuss character limits in 2023.
Aral Balkan
@tom *sigh*
You know you can:
- Not follow accounts that write long posts
- Block accounts that write long posts
- Defederate with servers that allow long posts
Not having the option makes no sense. You’re just saying only those with the time and technical knowledge to maintain their own fork can write long posts.
tom
@aral „Micro“blogging. I would rather not allow customization for more than 500 characters. There are enough other solutions for those who want to write "novels".
Aral Balkan
@daniel @crazycool411 Just have been for the past seven years or whatnot and don’t have time to host some alternative myself or deal with migration, etc. Maybe after I’m done building the Small Web :)
Daniel
@crazycool411@mastodon.social Any specific reason why you're using Mastodon then? Other fediverse platforms offer higher character limits.
@aral@mastodon.ar.al
Dillon
@aral me personally I hate the 500 character limits to be honest
Dillon
Aral Balkan
@crazycool411 @daniel Still building the Small Web :)
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