# testing to determine the limit for characters in a thread title on the straight dope message board a

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**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-to-determine-the-limit-for-characters-in-a-thread-title-on-the-straight-dope-message-board-a/591477 "2011-08-04T17:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-to-determine-the-limit-for-characters-in-a-thread-title-on-the-straight-dope-message-board-a/591477/1 "2011-08-04T17:01:33Z")

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This thread is a test, and appears to have hit the character limit for a thread title. Unless I miscounted, the limit appears to be 100 characters.