btw as you may have noticed, my post is nearly 5000 characters long--way longer than anything you could ever post to Twitter, or all the Masto servers (mostly started by ex-Twitter users) who leave theirs at the default 500 characters. Opinions differ, but again as an ex- #Twitter veteran, I much prefer being able to put all my thoughts in one post rather than have to string it along in a bunch of threaded posts (which, again, are ripe for plucking out of context to be used by accounts with large followings to sic their audience on smaller accounts for "righteous bullying" as I tend to call it). So I'd love to see an emphasis on informing new instance creators that you don't HAVE to keep your server settings at the default #CharacterCount -- and there are numerous instances I tried out but ended up leaving because, having gotten used to the luxurious room for a nearly blog-post-length post here on @Eldritch.Cafe, I struggle to tolerate having to condense myself back to "shouting headline" length barely more generous than Twitter (unless you pay for your account now, I guess). "after you've tasted ambrosia, it's impossible to settle for water" or whatever that phrase is.