So I'm thinking of using this account for , with friends (and armpit farts), but keep my account for long-ass posts because of the generous at ( : I can then them here !)
Also, comparing interactions or local TL between a 25k users instance and a 300 users one...

Plus, Akkoma had 😝 !

#mastodon #follow #interactions #akkoma #CharacterLimit #fedisroot #fedihack #boost #tootcommunity #fediverse #qt

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Steve Leach · @stevenaleach
6 followers · 36 posts · Server sigmoid.social

Any thoughts on the character limit for posts? While the Quipper bird site's post character limit which was inherited from SMS was enough to post a title and URL for interesting papers and such, and while Mastodon's default 500 is a bit better, it sure would be nice to have room for the full abstracts of papers, as well as more room for ideas, conversation, code snippets, etc. in general. How about 4K, 16K, or even 64K like qoto.org?

#sigmoidsocial #CharacterLimit

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Steve Leach · @stevenaleach
6 followers · 35 posts · Server sigmoid.social

So the bird site's original character limit (140 characters) was a technical limitation based on the limits of SMS text messages. I guess they doubled it in 2017, but that's still only room for bumper-sticker length quips, not real content, conversation, and ideas. I'm frustrated by Mastodon's default of 500 because there's no historical technical limitation behind it - it's just arbitrary, and far too short.

#CharacterLimit

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Hi !

I'm looking for a for a masto with a higher . I know the default limit is 500 characters, but I'd like to start a second account that I could try some longer format on.

Thanks in advance!

#fediverse #recomendation #instance #CharacterLimit #blogging #mindhive #writing #writingcommunity

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the roamer · @the_roamer
363 followers · 651 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

I love the sense of balance shown in the of . Long enough to express a nuanced idea, short enough to impose writing discipline.

With 280 chars, ideas often are reduced to proclamations, or they spread into threads.

With 500 chars, for me threads become largely unnecessary. Instead, maximise content within a single 500-character post. If need be, publish a cluster of related posts, but without chaining them.

#CharacterLimit #500characters #mastodonculture

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David Guilbault · @davidguilbault
151 followers · 96 posts · Server newsie.social

500 CHARACTERS

I really wish we could have 1,000 characters for our posts here on Newsie.Social. 500, while encouraging users to be pithy, just feels a bit shy of what is needed. I'm always leaving out something that I think might be relevant, even critical.

#toot #publish #post #newsiesocial #newsie #mastodon #CharacterLimit

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Paul Morris · @XLCChelt
17 followers · 26 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

So far my favourite difference of Mastodon to The Bird is that a single toot allows for 500 characters.

So far the worst thing is that even with being allowed 500 characters, I still write too much and end up running over that count. 😞

#mastodon #CharacterLimit #twitter

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Will we ever get out of the habit of making our posts fit into the old twitter character limit, will we actually find more to say to fill this extra space? Or will we just trail off with all that extra space unused?

😉

#toot #CharacterLimit #OldHabits #twitter #WhatDoWeHaveToSay

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