Post B8DZahnLMd4gomqF0a by claudius@darmstadt.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8CI8UyxVzAwaqHLzk by fribbledom@mastodon.social
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       Paying 19 cents per text message was actually peak society. Every message was a meticulously edited, 160-character masterpiece where you weighed the financial cost of a vowel.cul8r!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8CINmqvM628MRoK5Q by robinp@mastodon.social
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       @fribbledom I liked the metered dial up period too. Also when you would visit other people with a hard drive. Social filtering with space constraints.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8CIsFiObsceZ1LgYK by michaelrowe01@mstdn.social
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       @fribbledom it also drastically reduced spam texts, and more since they had to pay for them!
       
 (DIR) Post #B8CLr1wKdkizPhyZlY by ryanprior@mastodon.social
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       @fribbledom we used to give "missed calls" as a signal to save the cost of a text. Instead of "text me when you're ready to meet," it was "give me a missed call when you're ready"
       
 (DIR) Post #B8ClAfyKWUyXvZNK0O by musicmatze@social.linux.pizza
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       @fribbledomWasn't that 140 characters?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Clqo7Adi3HLNbGQC by fribbledom@mastodon.social
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       @musicmatze Fairly certain it was 160 chars for text messages. 140 was Twitter's original limit however, because they supported SMS and reserved 20 chars for usernames.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8DAVXAAy2fRXgxUVU by anymouse_404@glitch.social
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       @fribbledom Samsung is keeping this alive. Every time a text message goes over triple the limit, instead of splitting it into multiple sms, it sends an mms, which you can't disable in the default messaging app. MMS has the added benefit of "costs 0.25$/message" and "rather decent chance a random person just won't be able to read it because who the fuck uses mms in 2026"
       
 (DIR) Post #B8DZahnLMd4gomqF0a by claudius@darmstadt.social
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       @fribbledom hdgdl
       
 (DIR) Post #B8DZeVf0QCdGLGkumG by claudius@darmstadt.social
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       @fribbledom @musicmatze yes this is correct. 160 (SMS), 140 on twitter for the status because of usernames.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Nztnj9lMzwNSyp4y by rene_mobile@infosec.exchange
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       @fribbledomIt was 160 characters in 7bit encoding and limited character set, or 140 with 8bit octets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_03.38). Yes, we were counting back then 😉@musicmatze