It's funny to focus on the length of a post on a platform, but then it is central to the medium.
I was on twitter when it was 140 characters, and appreciated the increase to 280. I've always agreed it shouldn't get too long, or you lose the character of the platform. But even with 280, I'm always wordsmithing my posts just to squeeze in enough context to avoid conflict and misinterpretation.
On Mastodon, I haven't once had to reword what I'm trying to say, and I have never felt that others' posts are verbose. The Mastodon post length limit seems to hit the sweet spot for this kind of platform.
Yes, this exactly. There are still "threads" on Mastodon, but they're broken up on boundaries that make sense: related but standing-alone points. Mostly, you just don't have to think about it at all, and just write out whatever you're thinking. It's pretty great.
I was on twitter when it was 140 characters, and appreciated the increase to 280. I've always agreed it shouldn't get too long, or you lose the character of the platform. But even with 280, I'm always wordsmithing my posts just to squeeze in enough context to avoid conflict and misinterpretation.
On Mastodon, I haven't once had to reword what I'm trying to say, and I have never felt that others' posts are verbose. The Mastodon post length limit seems to hit the sweet spot for this kind of platform.