So much about whether everyone on Mastodon tolerates what Hubzilla and others do

Jupiter Rowland

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So much about whether everyone on Mastodon tolerates what Hubzilla and others do

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:37:34 +0100 zuletzt bearbeitet: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 09:37:16 +0100

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

Surprisingly for many of you, there are indeed people on Mastodon who have a problem with long posts over 500 characters; CW: long post (over 900 characters, over 1,200 in Mastodon count), quote-post, 19 hashtags (including 13 to trigger filters), Fediverse meta, non-Mastodon Fediverse meta, character count meta, character limit meta, over-500-characters meta, sarcasm

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Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:35:13 +0100 zuletzt bearbeitet: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:34:54 +0100

volkris

volkris@qoto.org

@jupiter_rowland

Yeah, but IMO the correct position is that some people will have a problem with it, but that’s between them and the software they use to access the platform.

I’d say one should both be unapologetic and also aware that long posts aren’t for some readers.

A writer isn’t forcing long posts on anyone, so it’s not the responsibility of the writer to serve that audience.

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:33:02 +0100 zuletzt bearbeitet: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:32:42 +0100

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@volkris Normally, I write posts as long as I want or as long as I have to. If they exceed 500 characters, I give a content warning plus four hashtags to trigger filters. I mean, I can't possibly know if people filter either of these hashtags, but I can't be sure either that nobody does.

However, sometimes I write something targetted at Mastodon users such as my "Things to know about Hubzilla" series. That means I have to reach as many Mastodon users as I can. And then I can't afford a whole lot of them ignoring my post because it's too long or blocking me right away.