Dare I suggest that the conclusion in Scripting News: Monday, February 27, 2023 that @dave has come to is wrong. @manton isn’t limiting the number of characters in a post, he is limiting how many of those characters get to appear in the stream. Count me as one who doesn’t want to scroll through 5,000 wor... john.philpin.com

@JohnPhilpin As someone who occasionally makes long replies (like this one), but doesn't always like scrolling through them, I'd love to see replies treated like long posts: a shortish preview and a button to expand to the full text.

@JMaxB concur

@JohnPhilpin It would be interesting to see if Dave corrects himself because that's quite a misunderstanding. I, for one, am very excited to tinker with this change. I want to see what a 300-character post looks like in a timeline. Likewise, for a 600-character timeline. I bet @manton made mockups.

Also, I want to see who "cheats" by making a one-word blockquote and using the rest to write a longer post 😁

@pratik isn’t the other way round to cheat?

@pratik @JohnPhilpin That will be funny to see if anyone cheats. Of course, the cost to cheating is you have an annoying out-of-place quote cluttering up the rest of your post. 🙂

@manton @pratik @JohnPhilpin Oh, I intend to cheat alright 😆. But honestly what Manton has come up with seems to be the best solution that adequately caters to both the opposing camps in past discussions. Love it.

Edit: I cheated already. :P

@manton @pratik @JohnPhilpin @moonmehta To all the cheaters out there, I present 600-character limit without a quote. 😇

@sod Bah! that is smart!! I'd think that people would just add > hack at the end of a long post to enable 600! But that is next level sir! 🎩

@sod a tip of the hat, sir!