Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
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Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
You can have longer posts by moving your account to a server that offers longer posts. I've done a list of well-run reliable servers with larger post sizes at:
https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-sizeIf you're not sure how to move your account to a different server, there's a step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
p.s. I've recently added many more servers to the "longer posts" list, so if you've checked it previously it might be worth checking it again.
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One possibly simpler solution is to try asking your instance admin nicely if they wouldn't mind upping the limit. That worked for me on mastodonapp.uk, because @wild1145 is a total star
It's slightly tricky as there's no official way of altering the character limit on standard Mastodon, admins have to manually edit several files and then possibly change them again for every update.
For whatever reason the Mastodon developers haven't included this in the options that admins can set within the official interface. Hopefully that changes in the future.
But yes, some admins are great and will make this change anyway!
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It's slightly tricky as there's no official way of altering the character limit on standard Mastodon, admins have to manually edit several files and then possibly change them again for every update.
For whatever reason the Mastodon developers haven't included this in the options that admins can set within the official interface. Hopefully that changes in the future.
But yes, some admins are great and will make this change anyway!
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It's slightly tricky as there's no official way of altering the character limit on standard Mastodon, admins have to manually edit several files and then possibly change them again for every update.
For whatever reason the Mastodon developers haven't included this in the options that admins can set within the official interface. Hopefully that changes in the future.
But yes, some admins are great and will make this change anyway!
@FediGarden @wild1145 @bytebro
Some instructions on how admins can change the characters limit, for those who are interested: mountains.community/customizat…
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@bytebro @FediGarden It's a lot of the reason we take a bit longer to do upgrades than I'd like, we maintain a fork of Mastodon with the increased character limits as well as a few other tweaks and that requires a lot more effort to maintain than just using the stock Mastodon releases. https://github.com/AtlasMediaGroup/mastodon
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@bytebro @FediGarden It's a lot of the reason we take a bit longer to do upgrades than I'd like, we maintain a fork of Mastodon with the increased character limits as well as a few other tweaks and that requires a lot more effort to maintain than just using the stock Mastodon releases. https://github.com/AtlasMediaGroup/mastodon
Always appreciated.
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Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
You can have longer posts by moving your account to a server that offers longer posts. I've done a list of well-run reliable servers with larger post sizes at:
https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-sizeIf you're not sure how to move your account to a different server, there's a step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
@FediGarden
Character limit is a huge influence on how much I use Mastodon. Your website was a HUGE influence in helping me choose my current instance. It has a whopping 2.5k character. I'm a really happy Mastodon user now!
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@bytebro @FediGarden It's a lot of the reason we take a bit longer to do upgrades than I'd like, we maintain a fork of Mastodon with the increased character limits as well as a few other tweaks and that requires a lot more effort to maintain than just using the stock Mastodon releases. https://github.com/AtlasMediaGroup/mastodon
@wild1145 @bytebro @FediGarden Thanks @wild1145 , I might start using your fork on sauna.social. Currently we use modified upstream and it's a bit PITA to upgrade.
Mastodon REALLY needs this as proper setting.
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Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
You can have longer posts by moving your account to a server that offers longer posts. I've done a list of well-run reliable servers with larger post sizes at:
https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-sizeIf you're not sure how to move your account to a different server, there's a step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
social.vivaldi.net could also be a candidate for this list - they maintain a 1337 character limit on their server.
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social.vivaldi.net could also be a candidate for this list - they maintain a 1337 character limit on their server.
@madsenandersc @FediGarden very LEET character limit
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Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
You can have longer posts by moving your account to a server that offers longer posts. I've done a list of well-run reliable servers with larger post sizes at:
https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-sizeIf you're not sure how to move your account to a different server, there's a step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
@FediGarden Current instance I'm on has 1,312 characters. kolektiva.social has 2,000 iirc. If I had a list like this when I decided to jump ship from mas.to I probably wouldn't have considered ditching Mastodon. 500 characters sounds great when you're used to the chaos of Twitter and Bluesky, but some of us don't like having to burst through explanations in the hope people won't get through part 2 of 5 and have already drawn incorrect conclusions.
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Would you like to create posts longer than 500 characters on Mastodon?
You can have longer posts by moving your account to a server that offers longer posts. I've done a list of well-run reliable servers with larger post sizes at:
https://fedi.garden/tag/larger-post-sizeIf you're not sure how to move your account to a different server, there's a step-by-step guide at https://fedi.tips/transferring-your-mastodon-account-to-another-server
@FediGarden oh so thats how people make those annoying posts you have to scroll three times to get past.
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@madsenandersc @FediGarden very LEET character limit
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