β All links on Mastodon count as 23 characters, no matter how long they really are
URLs can be as long as you want, they will never exceed 23 characters of your limit.
There is no need to use a link shortener!
#FediTips #MastoTips #LinkShortener #LinkShorteners #URLShortener #URLShorteners #CharacterLimits #Mastodon
@realcaseyrollins @feditips seems to be just copying Twitter
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/13684#issuecomment-626328363
@feditips ya to demonstrate this link is very long (and doesnt lead anywhere) but I can still post it
@feditips @redstarfish is there any reason to the 23 chars number?
I think it is the number of characters Twitter uses on its link shortener.
@feditips Why 23?