💬 Subreply Out of 16,432 entries on Sublevel only 177 entries are longer than 512 characters and only 276 entries are longer than 480 characters. 9.7% (1,602) of the entries are longer than 256 characters. 27.8% (4,567) of the entries are longer than 140 characters. Cutting back the character limit is on the table.

Mark Dain I like the character limit as it is right now. It's not so long I end up rambling but it's a length I find myself approaching fairly often. Honestly, I'd like to keep it because this feels like actual microblogging; I have space to put an articulate thought in and not just a few cramped, abbreviated words. I haven't seen anyone abusing the character length on Sublevel and just the other day I saw a valid point on Hacker News that the 140 character limit of Twitter contributes to it's noise. It's almost impossible to have a good debate in 140 characters, but it's just enough space for a good insult. Please don't lower it!