Post AReM4e1hEu7kObQHHU by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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 (DIR) Post #AReGUmcRJbriqjgpNY by davidgerard@circumstances.run
       2023-01-14T22:14:25Z
       
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       I ask all instance admins to up the character count from mainline Mastodon's default 500 - if for nothing else, then for the people posting threads.Twitter-style threads are somehow more annoying than on Twitter, because it's more glaringly a defect of a particular poster's server software rather than a universal constraint of the Fediverse. It's especially annoying when it's CW'ed and you have to open a warning ten times.*Mastodon works well at 5000, it really does. I can post "for sale, basic clues, never worn" or I can post basically a short casual blog post. It's great.If not the luxurious 5000 I'm afforded here, at least make it 2000. Please. Your users will be *delighted*.There's no single parameter to set this in Mastodon, which there should be. Here is a guide to editing three files instead: https://www.draklyckan.se/2021/11/how-to-increase-the-character-limit-for-toots-in-mastodon/* yes, I know where app settings is thanks
       
 (DIR) Post #AReGUoPkdku8Pxlisa by davidgerard@circumstances.run
       2023-01-14T22:36:30Z
       
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       already taken a moment to improve the feed of one dickhead who thought telling me my posting habits would *ruin* his feed was a productive use of his typingMastodon decorum reply guys are a breed apart
       
 (DIR) Post #AReM4bx0xLBrxVDVho by HaplogroupNews@genealogy.social
       2023-01-14T22:57:53.056Z
       
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       @davidgerard@circumstances.run I think reducing the number of threaded posts might reduce server load too?
       
 (DIR) Post #AReM4d2itbLpLUtaF6 by davidgerard@circumstances.run
       2023-01-14T23:02:03Z
       
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       @HaplogroupNews I figure making it more usable will lead to more use 🙂
       
 (DIR) Post #AReM4dbSoR8l5F9KOO by HaplogroupNews@genealogy.social
       2023-01-15T00:01:49.651Z
       
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       @davidgerard@circumstances.run Maybe, but many of the people I follow use threads to organize pictures and links.
       
 (DIR) Post #AReM4e1hEu7kObQHHU by davidgerard@circumstances.run
       2023-01-15T00:02:48Z
       
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       @HaplogroupNews please outline how you envisage a character increase *stopping* people from threading if they want to.
       
 (DIR) Post #AReM4eYfGKUm2qqbfU by HaplogroupNews@genealogy.social
       2023-01-15T00:04:43.683Z
       
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       @davidgerard@circumstances.run I don't. I have 3K characters on my Misskey server, and I agree that Mastodon needs that too. However, I predict that many users will not change behavior.