# Maximum Post Size. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 12, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919 "2002-03-12T21:46:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/1 "2002-03-12T21:46:11Z")
There seems to be a maximum post size of 10,000 characters applicable to posts in this New Scenario. While this is probably sufficient for most members of these forums, I myself am particularly long-winded, verbose, loquacious, voluble and prolix. I am ‘seeing a doctor’ about all these conditions but, in advance of any possible cure (my doctor is ‘not optimistic’), I wonder if this upper limit on post size could be, er, at least doubled. Many thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/2 "2002-03-12T22:15:02Z")
Nostradamus, do your amazing predictive powers see an increase in post size in the future? The limit is indeed 10,000 characters per post. We shall discuss it amongst the stuff. I personally favour making the limit a prime number. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/3 "2002-03-12T22:34:47Z")
Arnold, you’re an admin, too! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/4 "2002-03-12T22:38:36Z")
101 congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/5 "2002-03-12T23:00:21Z")
Mr. Winkelried. Arnold. 🙂 I can predict ‘jack shit’, as you may know. But I cannot emphasise enough to you the importance of increasing the upper limit to 20,011, although I could just about live with 19,997, if you really _must_ make economies of this kind. Some of the complaints I wish to make in the rarified atmosphere of The BBQ Pit cannot be expressed in less than about 3,001 words. It takes me 1,229 words to warm to my task! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/6 "2002-03-14T04:22:16Z")
Forget the whole prime number idea. We simply doubled the limit. Which means we expect to see 20,000 characters of brilliant, cogent arguments, and not 2 \* 10[sup]4[/sup] bytes of inanities. Thank you for your support and please tell your friends about the Straight Dope books! ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2002, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/7 "2002-03-14T22:13:58Z")
Well, you’ve got about 20,000 characters. Whether they are brilliant and cogent characters is a matter of opinion. I certainly don’t think so. I did try though, which is surely what matters. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2002, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-post-size/97919/8 "2002-03-15T08:30:05Z")
I think it’s safe to say that the board is glad the limit was expanded.