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https://apparently.if.write.a.link.the.word.count.only.counts.it.as.23.characters.which.means.that.the.length.can.be.much.longer.than.if.you.wrote.it.as.normal.text.but.writing.like.this.is.surely.legible.would.you.not.say.The.problem.is.that.this.post.has.nothing.more.to.say.except.that.but.I.suppose.waffling.on.proves.the.point.about.the.length.but.I.wonder.what.happens.when.you.use.a.hash.tag.ah.that.breaks.the.link.Well.that.is.all.about.length.of.post #postlengthenvy #tootlength
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Show threadBenjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫Apr 22, 2023

@adingbatponder
Yes, indeed! I prefer underscores myself.

Mastodon's maximum link length is 4,096 chars, which puts a theoretical limit of ~89k chars on a toot to stay under the 500-char limit.

Show threadBenjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫Apr 22, 2023
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https://example.com/?t=I'd_do_it_like_this,_to_be_clear.
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Show threadEllisGLApr 22, 2023
@benjaminhollon @adingbatponder the interesting thing is that 2048 would be the safe length... https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maximum-length-of-a-url-in-different-browsers/#
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Show threadBenjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫Apr 22, 2023
@ellisgl @adingbatponder
Ha, but it varies depending on browser and server. Apache, perhaps one of the most popular backends, supports up to 4k chars.