Simple tip for users on instances with small character limits
Find a new one
Don't put up with that shit
Nobody wants to read a 50 post long thread that only exists because you couldn't fit it into one post cause your admins are dumbasses who are stuck in the past
@feditips Controversial opinion, but I've grown to prefer the austere 500-character limit. Collapsing my ideas down into tiny, bitesize chunks (each shareable on their own) helps me to clarify my own thinking, and also stops me ranting into the wilderness before I've taken the time to consider sparser, more disciplined and impactful sentences.
Because some folks hate epic threads, I always aim for a maximum of four installments. So far, my longest has been five.
@ApostateEnglishman@mastodon.world @feditips@mastodon.social.fraudulent.link software that makes me spend more time trying to compress my sentences while trying to keep nuance than actually writing what i want to say is inherently harmful. Especially as a non-native English speaker.
At least that's how using twitter feels to me
@aliceif @feditips @ApostateEnglishman
Also not a native speaker, I find character limit helpful in keeping my thoughts consistent — it makes me avoid more spacious descriptions and stay on point. I have my own instance that I sometimes use for longer-form replies and I know from practice that what was five 500 character posts won't become one 2500 character one if I lift the limit, it becomes three 5000 character ones 😂
