Brevity is the soul of wit (DBO)

by Beorn , <End of Failed Timeline>, Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 19:47 (4108 days ago) @ Avateur

10000 character limit? Makes having epic discussions and responding to long speculative posts (or posts below) really difficult, especially when quoting sections and replying below the quotes. I just had a hell of a time cutting back 4000 characters to get back to that 10000. This will stifle discussion in the future as Destiny content becomes meatier.

Probably not, and I'm not sure doing so would necessarily be a great idea. While I certainly respect the desire to converse at length about the wonderfulness of being a Bungie fan, gamer, and Destiny follower, 10,000 characters is quite a bit. I like to see the character limit as a built-in editing device. If you really and truly have so much to say that you're running significantly past that limit even after self-editing, then a "(Part 1)/(Part 2)" notation on multiple posts would probably be in order.

(and now I'll have to eat crow when Claude bumps the limit. :) )

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Any way to up the character limit here on DBO? - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 18:57
- lolwut - ZackDark, 2013-08-28, 19:42
  - +1 - Beorn, 2013-08-28, 19:47
  - lolwut - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 20:19
    - lolwut - ZackDark, 2013-08-28, 20:41
      - lolwut - JDQuackers, 2013-08-29, 08:13
  - lolwut - kapowaz, 2013-09-04, 13:52
    - 50,000 or Death! - Ragashingo, 2013-09-04, 14:53
      - 50,000 or Death! - ZackDark, 2013-09-04, 16:18
        
        50,000 or Death! - kapowaz, 2013-09-05, 01:55
      - 50,000 or Death! - Claude Errera, 2013-09-04, 21:21
        
        WHAT?! - ncsuDuncan, 2013-09-04, 21:31
        
        WHAT?! - Claude Errera, 2013-09-04, 21:36
        
        Heh. - Ragashingo, 2013-09-04, 21:38
        
        WHAT?! - Xenos, 2013-09-04, 21:43
        
        WHAT?! - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-09-05, 02:07
        
        Can't wait for giant signature images. - Leviathan, 2013-09-04, 22:14
        
        No. - Ragashingo, 2013-09-04, 22:43
        
        Maximum avatar size: 80*80 px, 20 KB - kapowaz, 2013-09-05, 01:57
        
        50,000 or Death! - Ragashingo, 2013-09-04, 21:38
        
        Thank you so much! - Avateur, 2013-09-06, 09:34
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Ragashingo, 2013-09-07, 11:15
        
        At least we got avatars... :p - ZackDark, 2013-09-07, 11:26
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Claude Errera, 2013-09-07, 15:10
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Claude Errera, 2013-09-07, 15:14
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Ragashingo, 2013-09-07, 15:25
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Claude Errera, 2013-09-07, 15:37
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Ragashingo, 2013-09-07, 15:52
        
        Well, I guess that didn't work? - Xenos, 2013-09-07, 19:15
      - 65,535 or death, surely? - kapowaz, 2013-09-05, 01:54
- Brevity is the soul of wit - Beorn, 2013-08-28, 19:47
  - Brevity is the soul of wit - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 20:19
  - no u - kapowaz, 2013-09-05, 02:58
  - Brevity is the soul of wit - Claude Errera, 2013-09-05, 09:40
    - I thnk we shld lmt psts 2 txt msg lngth! LOL! JK! LMAO! - Xenos, 2013-09-05, 09:51
      - diaf kthx bai ;) - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-09-05, 09:53
        
        I did consider throwing myself in a fire after writing that. - Xenos, 2013-09-05, 10:00
        
        To quote Kosh Naranek: - Ragashingo, 2013-09-05, 11:05
- Any way to up the character limit here on DBO? - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-28, 19:49
- tl;dr - bluerunner, 2013-08-28, 20:37
  - yl;ow lol - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 20:51
    - A little too much brevity. Try aiming for a middle ground! - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 20:53
      - Roflcopter, omgkthxbi *NM* - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 21:37
        
        No. *NM* - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 21:55
        
        Character limit too low. Couldn't say "No" in every language - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 22:00
        
        Nein. Nothing for something. *NM* - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-29, 06:29
        
        Nein. Nothing for something. *NM* - stabbim, 2013-08-30, 08:18
        
        Nein. Nothing for something. *NM* - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-30, 11:12
  - tl;dr - ZackDark, 2013-08-28, 20:53
- Recent events have caused me to unjokingly agree! The char.. - Ragashingo, 2013-08-30, 21:03

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