Howdy folks!
I spun up my own Mastodon today and quickly realized there was a 500 character limit to posts. I googled around, found some good guides and decided to make a quick bash script for it. Replace the below values inside the carrots with your settings.
#!/bin/bash -x
docker exec -it mastodon_web sed -i 's/500/<desired_#_of_chars>/g' /opt/mastodon/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js
docker exec -it mastodon_web sed -i 's/500/<desired_#_of_chars>/g' /opt/mastodon/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
docker exec -it mastodon_web bundle exec rails assets:precompile
docker container restart <mastodon_web_container> <mastodon_streaming_container> <mastodon_sidekiq_container>
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Would a post with over 500 characters show up on an instance that has the 500 character limit?
The 500 character limit is why I rarely use my fosstodon account. Maybe I’ll spin up my own instance. Although I said that about akkoma and I haven’t tried to spin that up.
