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

Plus, Akkoma had #qt 😝 !

#tootcommunity #fediverse

#SigmoidSocial 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 #characterlimit 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?

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 #characterlimit of 500 because there's no historical technical limitation behind it - it's just arbitrary, and far too short.

Hi #fediverse!

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

Thanks in advance!

#mindhive #writing #writingcommunity

I love the sense of balance shown in the #CharacterLimit of #500characters. 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.

#MastodonCulture

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

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

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 😉