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This comment resulted in the this mod comment asking posters to use paste bin for "super long comments" as an aid to mobile users. I don't think we should be encouraging original content to be hosted on some platform not under the Metafilter sphere of influence. Bit rot is problematic enough within post linkage. [more inside]
posted by Mitheral on Feb 21, 2018 - 109 comments

Halloween Jack posed a question in response to aniola's wonderful post about whales and literature.

“So, can any of you boffins on the blue tell me if there's a longer post than this one?”

I thought it'd be nice to have a place to discuss that subject and share some of the longer posts that have managed to hit MetaFilter.
posted by Fizz on Jan 15, 2018 - 25 comments

Good Saturday evening, MetaFilter! This week's conversation starter: What is your favorite word, and why? [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Jul 29, 2017 - 148 comments

Has the maximum length for comments been shortened some time in the past six months or so? I see more and more comments getting cut off that seem long-ish but hardly Treaty-of-Westphalia long. Perhaps there was a discussion about this and I missed it. I hate to request ponies, but perhaps a "characters remaining" count for the text-entry field or a warning on hitting Post would help alleviate the problem.
posted by adamrice on Dec 10, 2011 - 62 comments

The numbers don’t support me but none the less I think MetaFilterians need a code word to “secretly” identify each other. [more inside]
posted by darkmatter on Dec 29, 2009 - 293 comments

When a title (or possible any word) in a contact's post is long enough, it overflows the bounds of the sidebar and causes the front page to have right-scroll. Pic here.
posted by ChrisR on Aug 10, 2008 - 23 comments

One word posts on the MeFi front page are in my opinion more annoying than those that are over 100 words long. I'd rather have too much information about what I'm about to click on rather than not enough. Discuss? Which do you prefer? Are there ever times when one word posts are acceptable?
posted by ZachsMind on Apr 8, 2002 - 79 comments