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faq:post_share:post_length_character_limit [2022/11/19 17:01] – [Some other instances may not support long posts] FIXME - tested between fosstodon and infosec.exchange ddenchfaq:post_share:post_length_character_limit [2024/05/01 19:44] (current) – [Don't force people to scroll past your wall of text] Corrected the link discrepancy (text says rule 5, link says rule 7). Checked with Jerry, should referr to Rule #5. Addjusted accordingly. onion
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 ====== Post length and character limit: how long is too long? ====== ====== Post length and character limit: how long is too long? ======
 The post length limit on Infosec.Exchange is 11,000 characters. This is possible because [[about:infosec_exchange|Infosec.Exchange runs]] on the [[faq:mastodon:glitch_soc|glitch-soc]] fork of [[faq:mastodon:|Mastodon]]. The post length limit on Infosec.Exchange is 11,000 characters. This is possible because [[about:infosec_exchange|Infosec.Exchange runs]] on the [[faq:mastodon:glitch_soc|glitch-soc]] fork of [[faq:mastodon:|Mastodon]].
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 ===== Don't force people to scroll past your wall of text ===== ===== Don't force people to scroll past your wall of text =====
  
-It's fine to write longer posts, but if they're longer than a few hundred characters, put them behind a [[faq:post_share:content_warning_how_to_use|Content Warning]] so people don't have to scroll past your giant wall of text. Repeated or egregious use of too-long posts may collide with [[rules:05_lack_of_rule_is_not_permission|Rule #5]].+It's fine to write longer posts, but if they're longer than a few hundred characters, put them behind a [[faq:post_share:content_warning_how_to_use|Content Warning]] so people don't have to scroll past your giant wall of text. Repeated or egregious use of too-long posts may collide with [[rules:05_no_spam_no_excessive_promotion|Rule #5]].
  
 ===== Some other instances may not support long posts ===== ===== Some other instances may not support long posts =====
-Instance Admins have a certain amount of control to deploy their instances as they see fit, so the advice here is based on limited tests between instances.+Instance Admins have a certain amount of control to deploy their instances as they see fit, so the advice here is based on very limited testing.
  
-If a member of Infosec.Exchange were to publish a toot in excess of 500 character limits applied to another instance, it seems that those other servers will trim the text (if there is no Content Warning). Upon selection of the published toot by the external instance's user, they will see the entire thing just as if they were here. By using a CW (which, for long toots, one should do anyway) the external instance will see the toot in exactly the same way it is displayed within Infosec.Exchange.+If a member of Infosec.Exchange were to publish a toot in excess of the 500 character limit applied to another instance it will appear in the other instance trimmed with a ''Read more >'' notice after several hundred characters. When selected the toot appears in full, as per normal. 
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 +If posting at this length, one [[faq:post_share:content_warning_when_to_use|ought to use]] a [[faq:post_share:content_warning_how_to_use|Content Warning]] to avoid forcing users to hit a wall of text. If done, the toot will appear appropriately truncated. 
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 +This was tested with messages sent from Infosec.Exchange to another, non [[faq:mastodon:glitch_soc|glitch-soc]]-based instance with a 500 character limit.