Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
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Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
If you're running a manually installed server and have access to modify files, this is apparently how to do it:
🌱 https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
EDIT: Thanks for all the info in replies! I've changed the link to a more complete alternative article on all the changes needed.
(Thank you to @kaveinthran for pointing out the original article and @b2c for pointing out the alternative article.)
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Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
If you're running a manually installed server and have access to modify files, this is apparently how to do it:
🌱 https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
EDIT: Thanks for all the info in replies! I've changed the link to a more complete alternative article on all the changes needed.
(Thank you to @kaveinthran for pointing out the original article and @b2c for pointing out the alternative article.)
@homegrown You need to patch the Javascript frontend code as well, otherwise it won't work in the web UI.
After patching it, don't forget to recompile all assets.
CC: @kaveinthran
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@homegrown You need to patch the Javascript frontend code as well, otherwise it won't work in the web UI.
After patching it, don't forget to recompile all assets.
CC: @kaveinthran
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Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
If you're running a manually installed server and have access to modify files, this is apparently how to do it:
🌱 https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
EDIT: Thanks for all the info in replies! I've changed the link to a more complete alternative article on all the changes needed.
(Thank you to @kaveinthran for pointing out the original article and @b2c for pointing out the alternative article.)
@homegrown @kaveinthran
Mmm... I'm not sure that's right, I do that on my instance and I need to modify two files, not just one.Link that works for sure: https://fouquet.me/2024/10/10/mastodon-4-3-char-limit
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@homegrown No, that only changes it for mobile apps which only interact with the API.
Here is a better article, amongst others:
* https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/ -
Mastodon admins, do you want to increase the character limit on your server?
If you're running a manually installed server and have access to modify files, this is apparently how to do it:
🌱 https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/
EDIT: Thanks for all the info in replies! I've changed the link to a more complete alternative article on all the changes needed.
(Thank you to @kaveinthran for pointing out the original article and @b2c for pointing out the alternative article.)
There is also a "500" value in "live/spec/validators/note_length_validator_spec.rb" too, so I always edit that too, although I don't know if that is required.
It's better than it used to be.
In versions < 4.3, there were 4 files to change :/Also, in older versions, there was some caching involved, because sometimes the limit in the web page took ages before it changed (even after reboot).
One thing the article doesn't mention, is that when you come to upgrade, you may have to set the values back again, or the git commands fail :(
I really wish this could just be a setting in the Admin interface. It makes no sense not to make it easier.
It can't be a difficult thing to implement with a variable... 😡 -
@homegrown No, that only changes it for mobile apps which only interact with the API.
Here is a better article, amongst others:
* https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/10/09/2024-modifying-limits-in-mastodon-4-3/ -
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@mcc I've never done that, but I did once do
cd /lib; rm -rf modules/2.4.12/ *
(including the accidental space). That was fun, while my system curled up and died.
