Mastodawn

If you really believe in the silly 500 character limit, then why the heck is everyone posting "3/12" continuation threads?

Either the limit is a good idea, and nobody should post multi-part toots, or its a dumb idea, and should be retired (in favor of a ~6k post limit). One or the other. Cut the crap, already.

I'd 100x rather see long posts shortened with a "See more" button than yet another toot that ends with "1/" 🤦🏻‍♂️

Forcing people to create threads just to get their thought across is terrible UX, and I'm tired of being diplomatic about it.

#Mastodon #GoToSocial #GtS #snac #fediverse

Edit: I forgot, it's 500, not 250. I was probably thinking of Twitter, which went from 140 to 280, and now who even knows. XD

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Yonle Mar 24

@rl_dane come here. get into akkoma/pleroma here if you would like.

we got like, 5000 characters by default, and built in markdown support.

Oh, I'm on #GoToSocial, so I already have 6000 character limit and markdown. Very happy with it.

I haven't tried any of the *oma/*key services, but my only criticism of them is that the web interfaces are kinda heavy for my tastes. Pretty, though.

I just wish Mastodon wouldn't be so strict about the limit. I don't think it's a good policy, although I understand the rationale behind it.

The main thing I do miss about Mastodon is the "reach" (federation-wise), and how well stuff like search works. Things feel a touch more limited on GoToSocial, although it has gotten a ton better in the last couple of years.

I also really wish Mastodon would support #AVIF images. It's a fantastic format with amazing compression for low-quality images (for social sharing, rather than photographic purposes). #GoToSocial added support for the format, but the pictures don't show up at all on the Mastodon interface. :(

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Yonle

@rl_dane for akkoma (except: pleroma/misskey/sharkey), the web is quite light (you can check my instance)

Oh, that's quite decent!!