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Ndymium
on Nov 29, 2023
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The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user int...
This can be configured in the instance settings and I've seen some support up to 5000 characters.
nottorp
on Nov 29, 2023
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Well if 1 line is the default, it leaves a bad taste. There was no need to clone twitter.
Ndymium
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The default post size limit on Mastodon is 500 characters, there is no line limitation. I suppose the message split here is mostly influenced by the user's desire or familiarity carried over from Twitter.
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