Reminded of the “Kurt Vonnegut goes to buy an envelope” quote. One of the best expressions of the joys of careful and deliberate inefficiency I’ve read.
Posted as image because the alt text has a higher character limit than a toot so I can paste the whole text as actual text there. Weird huh.
@aegir this is absolute gold.
On the alt text vs post character limit, I would guess here that the visual aesthetics of a Very Long Post are not so great to someone who is not impacted with low vision, but if they are, and are using a screenreader, most everything is words, so no difference.
On Mastodon a picture is worth 1500 characters 😀
@privacydingus @aegir Ya but they can automatically add a read more link which solves the aesthetics issue.
In the spirit of a most humble request, I seek your attention, dear developers of the resplendent platform known as #Mastodon, to engage in a #discourse pertaining to the limitation of characters bestowed upon us. 1/5
Much like the young Oliver Twist, who in his unassuming innocence dared to ask for more, I find myself standing before the mighty creators, the architects of this digital edifice, clutching an empty bowl of limited characters, seeking a kind gesture of magnanimity.
"Please, Mastodon," I beseech in earnest, holding out my Overflowing bowl of 500 characters, "may I have some more?" 2/5
The intricacies of human expression, akin to the winding alleys of a Dickensian London, oft require more than the prescribed number of characters to resonate their full worth. To capture the symphony of thoughts, the harmony of words, and the rhythm of language, might we not need a broader canvas, a more liberal leash? 3/5
In the same spirit that implored young Oliver to ask for more, I appeal to your sensibilities to understand the predicament that brevity often poses. Words, like wayward children, yearn for space to frolic, to express themselves without the stern hand of confinement.
Thus, I make my humble plea, hoping that my request, much like Oliver's, would not fall upon deaf ears, but lead to a thoughtful reconsideration of our collective constraints. 4/5
More characters, dear developers, would indeed be a boon to us all, helping to expand the narratives of our thoughts and ideas, allowing our digital voices to ring out more fully in this vast virtual world you've created.
With all due respect and hope, we ask you, dear Mastodon, "May we have some more?" 5/5
Aegir
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