FYI: Post and comment character limit on Lemmy is 10000
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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Just showing a forever loading icon doesn't seem like the most elegant way to handle this.
There should be a limit, of course, but 10k is a bit too little IMO.
I would rather see one bigger wall of text, then multiple smaller walls of text that continue in the comments because it didn't fit in the post...
For a reference, the other site had 40k for the post and 10k for the comment.
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
Does this also apply to comments?
Yes, the same exact thing applies to comments. I just tested it now.
Good to know, thank you 🙏 !