"Microblogging needs a post limit.
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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
*proceeds to write a thread with 32 posts*@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip haven't you made that joke like ages ago?
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@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip haven't you made that joke like ages ago?
@puniko Probably
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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
*proceeds to write a thread with 32 posts*@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip this is so true, i have no character limit and my posts are really long (attached post unrelated)
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@woe2you I don't think I've ever used a frontend that won't collapse longer posts automatically
@volpeon @woe2you I did but I also made a patch to fix it
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/8205 (2018-08-14… wow that was a long time ago) -
@volpeon Honestly, the argument that "character limits prevent posts from getting too long" always feels like ableism to me
Let me infodump about a niche topic that I know too much about, for fuck sake

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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
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@woe2you I don't think I've ever used a frontend that won't collapse longer posts automatically
@volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip @woe2you@toot.wales on the other hand, i can't collapse threaded posts into one
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"Microblogging needs a character limit. Otherwise everyone would just write essays"
*proceeds to write a thread with 32 posts*@volpeon ...even better when the new head of Mastodon gGmbH does that lol
and I wish I was kidding
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