FYI: Post and comment character limit on Lemmy is 10000 (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de to c/lemmytips@discuss.tchncs.de

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If you go over that limit, there won't be any kind of indicator/message saying so. If you try to submit a post, you will get a forever loading icon, and the post will never be submitted.
So make sure to check your character count.

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[-] 80KiloMett@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Just showing a forever loading icon doesn't seem like the most elegant way to handle this.

[-] keodameo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

it's a hardcoded limit defined here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/d97ff65fe1e9c31e9f7c977a66100816816e07be/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs#L20 and checked here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/d97ff65fe1e9c31e9f7c977a66100816816e07be/crates/utils/src/utils/validation.rs#L71

[-] feduser934@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Does this also apply to comments?

[-] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, the same exact thing applies to comments. I just tested it now.

[-] norz@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Good to know, thank you 🙏 !

this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023

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