mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
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mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
@aeva
Or at least put anything beyond 500 chars under a fold. -
or maybe just in general
@aeva I like how instances have their own configurations but in the end what you get is an asymmetrical conversation.
Some people in my circles often put a huge wall of text and I only have 500 chars :)trick: just ignore them.
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or maybe just in general
actually no, unlimited[1] post length, but the font size drops proportionally to message length
footnote [1]: please keep the golden rule in your heart: "please do not make me have to update the rules"
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mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
@aeva [Error: replies to this post are restricted to cat gifs]
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actually no, unlimited[1] post length, but the font size drops proportionally to message length
footnote [1]: please keep the golden rule in your heart: "please do not make me have to update the rules"
@aeva Linearly interpolates to the Bee Movie script after 150 characters.
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mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
@aeva
I'd rather have a thing that forces them to read the last 100 posts of mine before they can reply -
actually no, unlimited[1] post length, but the font size drops proportionally to message length
footnote [1]: please keep the golden rule in your heart: "please do not make me have to update the rules"
This is a very good idea.
The limit on my instance is 77777 characters and that seems to be effectively unlimited, really anything >5k or so and I start thinking "maybe this should be a blog post instead".
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@aeva
I'd rather have a thing that forces them to read the last 100 posts of mine before they can reply -
mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
@aeva number of faves you've dropped on an account should determine how many characters they can reply to your posts with
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mastodon should give us some way to set a character limit on replies from strangers
@aeva limited characters too. W and U only
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@dillyd woah
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@mxchara @mattblaze there's a 22nd of July though (22/7)
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@joabaldwin Seems normal to me
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@joabaldwin
1. He's watching a streaming service, when we all know he would most likely torrent it, or watch bootlegged DVDs.2. There's a spot near the window that looks suspiciously like the face of some canid imprinted on the wall.
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@toxi Case in point, coincidentally at the top of my feed currently: https://pixelfed.social/p/pixelglade/938588304451378019
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@toxi My predictions:
- Promotion of art which demonstrates process, which includes live performances of course, but also simply "how to" or "making of". Participation, ephemerality, spontaneity, like you said. If you see someone just typing words into a box and mashing things together, it will be judged harshly. Good.
- Increased rejection of digital life, preference for the physical, and all that it entails. Or at least, rejection of tainted transmission media. In this, I am hopeful for the young people.
- Trusted systems attesting to provenance, even if anonymized.
- A possible forking of society, one which still values communication, humanism, and effort; and one which values systems and is self-absorbed
- One I'm particularly worried about: increasing alienation to a breaking point; potentially violence, especially in the US.Unfortunately, I don't think things are going to get better anytime soon, we are all still getting started rag-dolling down the mountain, especially with so much money and power concentrated in the hands of people who want a systematic, top-down world.
However, we are headed down an unsustainable path and it will come to an end one way or another. I can only hope that people can keep resisting in stronger and increasingly sophisticated ways, dismantling the power imbalance, and building a new society if necessary.
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@neuroknives I'd really like to see a fictional "demolitions expert" character bring down a building by targeting the fewer columns possible and achieving minimal blast radius.
Then saying something like "yeah when I said I was a demolition expert I was not just flaunting my taste for explosions. These things take precision, you know?
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@joabaldwin A fox wearing clothes indoors. Got it.
