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

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739>\
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**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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**Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3500-character-post-limit-thats-a-deal-breaker/912739/24 "2020-06-26T02:50:18Z")

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@TubaDiva

You said in [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-thing-that-hasnt-changed/913015/12) that the character limit for a post is 30,000, but that’s not correct. I just tried to post a long post as a test, and was told by the board software that the limit is 3,500 characters.

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