MitchW
MitchW

@help Suggestion: For posts longer than 280 characters, when syndicating to the timeline or Twitter, do not truncate the posts at the first word-break before 280 characters.

Instead, truncate the post at the first LINE break before 280 characters (where such a line break exists, of course -- if the first paragraph runs beyond 280 characters, then truncating at the line-break would not be possible.)

The result would be a cleaner, more readable post in both the timeline and on Twitter.

Example:

mitchwagner.blog/2020/07/2...

Here is how the post appears on the timeline:

<img src="https://mitchwagner.blog/uploads/2020/6e2a308bb3.png" width="259" height="60" alt="" />

And on Twitter:

twitter.com/MitchWagn...

Implementing my suggestion, that same post would end on the timeline and Twitter with the word "Godiva" -- nicer and more readable!

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MitchW
MitchW

@MitchWagner Ugh, that embed image code didn't render in the timeline. But I think you can see what I mean anyway.

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manton
manton

@MitchWagner Thanks for the suggestion. That would definitely look better in your example.

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