# 3500-character post limit? That's a deal-breaker

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739 "2020-06-24T14:34:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739/42 "2020-08-19T14:55:58Z")

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Pretty sure it’s been lifted. I’ve made and read some that were far over the old limit.

Not sure what it is now, but I’ve not run into it.

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739/43 "2020-08-19T14:58:04Z")

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I really wish they would notify us of changes they make to the board.

I’ve requested this previously, but didn’t even get the courtesy of a reply.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739/44 "2020-08-19T15:34:32Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> Just wondering if this has been addressed or modified in any way?

I checked on one long post, It was over 5000 words and just under 30,000 characters. I don’t know whether the just under was deliberate to get under a new limit or mere coincidence, though.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739/45 "2020-08-19T17:26:20Z")

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Thanks, everyone. My [latest creation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-party-does-a-better-job-at-managing-the-economy-my-thoughts-long/918503) was so long I decided to make it three posts anyway. But I can tell you, 16,500 characters and 2,400 words, with charts and graphics, will fit in one post… of course, whether or not one post is correct for such a long piece, I’ll leave up to the discretion of the author.

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