@armact
These days there are none that we know of, but good news is Mastodon caps URLs #characterCount to the low twenties, this means even if you URL is 500 characters long, not only will the scrolling user only see about 25 characters, the character count only goes up by about 23 characters.

Other instances have larger character counts typically, so that's good too.

So there is no real need for #URLShortening on online social networks.

If you want us to a look at some, happy to help.

Oh, hell yeah! Character limit here on sunny.garden's just been bumped up to 1,500. I get really wordy when I post, and I think this'll encourage me to consolidate my presence online sine I won't need a separate blogging platform for stuff anymore.

Also a thread o' updates from me (and heaven knows you've all put up with quite a few so far) can be a bit cumbersome, especially if I decide to share a snippet or two from books. Or something.

At any rate, this is encouraging me to end my time over at Tumblr. Things have improved over there, but the porn bots are still around, and I've reported and blocked so many far-right and terf accounts (a couple of which Tumblr said didn't violate policies) to want to hang around there much longer.

I'll miss the fun, creative loopiness of that place, but I'm afraid I'm getting too old to be more forgiving of shitty online behavior.

#Blogging #Tumblr #CharacterCount #SunnyGarden #Whee

@feditips I used alt text for some photos I posted today, and I wondered if #AltText was part of the #CharacterCount or separate?