Just finished updating my #mastodon instance with a 3000 #CharacterLimit. I never liked the 500 character limit and I fail to see why it isn't configurable in settings, this seems really weird to me. Whatever though, it doesn't seem to work on iOS but I never post there and for iOS doing 500 characters seems pretty reasonable.

FWLIW, I made a suggestion to remove the character limit for Mastodon posts & alt text, or at the very least make them configurable 👇

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/24147

#Mastodon #accessibility #AltText #CharacterLimit

Help me, Mastodoners! I'm looking for an instance to join that has high character limits. Could you please recommend one? Thank you!

#wanted #advice #mastodon #instance #server #high #CharacterLimit #suggestions #recommendations

I was just starting to wonder ...
#characterlimit

Mastodon character limit increase – in a Docker environment

For the Docker Mastodon admin newbies.

With the script, you increase the character limit to 5000 characters for your instance.

#!/bin/bash
docker-compose exec web sed -i ‘s/500/5000/g’ app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
docker-compose exec web sed -i ‘s/500/5000/g’ app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
docker-compose exec web sed -i ‘s/:registrations/:registrations, :max_toot_chars /g’ app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
docker-compose exec web sed -i ‘s/private/def max_toot_charsn 5000n endnn private/g’ app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
docker-compose exec web bundle exec rails assets:precompile && echo “pass” || echo “fail”

docker-compose restart

Save the whole thing as 5000.sh.
Then with
Chmod +x 5000.sh
to make it executable. Now you can execute the script with
./5000.sh
wait a moment and you have 5000 characters.

Tested with Mastodon v4.1.0rc3

I myself have only slightly modified the script from this forum post here
https://forums.unraid.net/topic/74350-request-mastodon/

#mastodon #mastoadmin #characterlimit #docker #vps #linux #dockerizedmastodon

Für die Docker Mastodon Admin- Neulinge.

Mit dem Script erhöht ihr das Zeichenlimit auf 5000 Zeichen bei eurer Instanz.

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#!/bin/bash
docker-compose exec web sed -i 's/500/5000/g' app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
docker-compose exec web sed -i 's/500/5000/g' app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
docker-compose exec web sed -i 's/:registrations/:registrations, :max_toot_chars /g' app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
docker-compose exec web sed -i 's/private/def max_toot_chars\n 5000\n end\n\n private/g' app/serializers/rest/instance_serializer.rb
docker-compose exec web bundle exec rails assets:precompile && echo "pass" || echo "fail"

docker-compose restart

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das ganze als 5000.sh speichern.
Dann mit Chmod +x 5000.sh ausführbar machen und dann mit ./5000.sh ausführen, etwas warten und ihr habt 5000 Zeichen.

Klappt mit v4.1.0rc3

habe dazu nur leicht das Script hier abgewandelt
https://forums.unraid.net/topic/74350-request-mastodon/

#mastodon #mastoadmin #characterlimit #docker #vps #linux #dockerizedmastodon

I'm considering adding another #account that will concentrate on #bookish topics. I would appreciate #Suggestions for related #Instances that have longer #CharacterLimits. #CharacterLimit #Accounts #FediTips #Books #BookReviews #BookArt #Typography #BookishTopics

@albertvilella actually it seems that Mastodon does not have a hard limit for the word count. The server admins can set any character limit as far as I understand. Perhaps @Psy_Fer_ can comment on this? It would be good to increase the limit here to 4,000 as well. #CharacterLimit #WordLimit

@jonah

I've mentioned before that the limit of 500 characters for a post should have been 512 characters because then we would feel we know the reason for the limit.

I just learned that you can set the limit for this instance to be anything (within reason). I do think it would be good to raise the limit a bit.

Request: Raise the limit to 666 characters. That's comfortably more but not excessive, and it's a meaningful number.

#featureRequest #characterLimit #notableNumbers

While I appreciate the decentralisation that allows some instances to go beyond the typical 500 #CharacterLimit on #Mastodon, I’d like a way to client-side specify not to show more (unless I click the post open). In a feed type application, as this is, long posts take up a lot of doom scroll space.

Since when does Mastodon have a #CharacterLimit?

Since when does Mastodon have a #CharacterLimit?

Having a #NuancedDiscussion requires a lot of words. Which is difficult with the #CharacterLimit that #MicroBlog services have.

Nothing is always 100%. There are no absolutes. There are always exceptions.

Having limited words means there will be some perceived generalizing when opinions are given. But that leads to people asking each other questions. It opens the door to #Discussions.

I would really appreciate the increased character limit that some servers provide. Can someone recommend a good one with that functionality?

#fediverse #characterlimit #longform

Welcome all!

I am hoping to get some feedback on what Mastodon users (new and established) think of the idea of raising the “character” limit for posts—just enough to avoid having to post a reply to one's own posts!

Sincerely,
J.K.

#CharacterLimit
#Posting
#NotEnoughSpace

Yay for the #500 #characterlimit

Few things, we don't want to accidentally mentioning someone we don't intend to, mostly client side, not the end users. Some clients automatically add multiple tags, and content warning in replies.

With all the #introductions lately, it's about time I made one... not a #twitterrefugee just #latetothegame 🙂

#music is life
#drumming for fun
#geek by day and by night as well... #sigh
#Apple, #BSD, #Linux, #FOSS, #OpenSource, in no particular order...
Working in #technology pays the bills...
No #chocolate wasted... ever!
#peanutbutter addict...
#anime, #horror, #scifi for the win!

I #lurk more than I post, as I don't have much to say #tbh but, #friendly none the less.

#characterlimit met!

The despair of registering for a #mastodon instance because the #characterlimit is 1,000,000 characters, but you don't have anything to fill even a fraction of that.

This is now my TwitLonger if push comes to shove.

I have a lot to say. #9000CharactersMasterRace #CharacterLimit #Mastodon

Is it possible to create new #art within the space of a Mastodon #Toot?
By this, I mean an #ArtForm that is dictated by the #CodesandCoventions of a Toot. The easiest form is to compose #prose, #poetry, or a combination, such as #Haibun that is restricted to the Toot #CharacterLimit. I experimented with this myself when composing some #Dadaist #CollagePoetry.
That type of composition could be printed without losing/changing meaning. So I am curious - is there #TootArt? Only existing as a Toot?