<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Is the #Mastodon 500 character post length limit still meaningful in 2025?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Is the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" rel="tag">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> 500 character post length limit still meaningful in 2025?</p><p>Originally, Twitter introduced a 140 character length limit in 2006 because of the technical limitations of old school SMS texts which were used by the Twitter system back in the day.</p><p>But is there still a real technical advantage to the limit now, two decades later?</p><p>Because if not, I would certainly prefer not having to split my posts into multiple posts.</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/e725d84d-e287-430b-859b-294cced2195c/is-the-mastodon-500-character-post-length-limit-still-meaningful-in-2025</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2026 11:55:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/e725d84d-e287-430b-859b-294cced2195c.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 05:12:02 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Is the #Mastodon 500 character post length limit still meaningful in 2025? on Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:43:19 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/randahl%40mastodon.social">@<span>randahl</span></a></span> I think on mastodon it has always been a cultural limit and not a technical one, so yeah, still meaningful.</p><p>but then, I'm writing from Friendica, and we have no limits :D</p>]]></description><link>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-8269-42eb-b753-4ed109533131</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://social.gl-como.it/objects/3e3ce0df-8269-42eb-b753-4ed109533131</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[valhalla@social.gl-como.it]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:43:19 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>