Yet they still think it's a good idea to limit text posts to 300 characters for reasons I cannot fathom.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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It's a Twitter-like replacement. That model clearly worked for a lot of people, why change the formula?
So what is the character limit you consider acceptable on Bluesky?
I don't see value in a character limit other than whatever might be needed for technical reasons. Bluesky allows alt text for images to be 2000 characters, so clearly any technical limitations allow at least that much.
For those who prefer short text posts, hiding posts longer than a user-configurable setting behind a "see more" link would do.
Yeah there's no good reason for a limit. Having no character limit doesn't stop people from making short posts if they want. If they don't want long posts taking up half the page, then they should just hide the rest of the text behind a 'see more' prompt once it goes over 300 characters.
On a platform like Bluesky I can kinda understand if they limited replies to posts to 300 characters, so that people don't get walls of text in their inboxes but the original top post should be unlimited IMO.
Bluesky aims to be a Microblogging, although its protocol can be used for other types of social networks. They may increase that limit a bit, but the fact that there is no character limit is more likely to be found in another social network that uses the protocol that Bluesky does.
I think the idea that forced brevity is an important component of microblogging is mistaken. Low friction to post, minimal formatting, and (optionally) collapsed long posts in feeds all encourage short posts without requiring them.
It might have served more of a purpose when Twitter launched because people weren't in the habit of short text posts at the time, and because Twitter supported posting via SMS.
I think the original point was to facilitate a noisy town square feeling. In that setting, you don't have several paragraphs to get your point across, you need to condense your thought to a couple sentences or you'll get lost in the sea of other voices. You bring handouts (links) and something to show (images) and that's it.
There is a chance that I just don't get microblogging. I've always felt that short character limits encourage people to make bad points that resonate emotionally but fall apart when thought through, and to yell at people they disagree with rather than being thoughtful.
idc about bluesky until it doesnt cost millions to selfhost
They were running everything on a single rack during the first big rush.
Still nothing to address discoverabilty issues. There are timelines that no one's maintaining and some packs and thats it? On mastodon I can just follow a hashtag and find people on Bluesky my feeds are just random low effort spam with a gold nugget once a while.
Following hashtags is just the best
I really don't understand why I can't just follow a hashtag, it's such a basic feature.
Love bluesky!