software/Mastodon/admin/character limit

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It might be necessary to somehow cause the JavaScript to be repacked after making changes. Still researching this.

Note that there is some controversy over whether increasing the character limit is a good idea.

Incomplete list of files that probably need modifying:

• $mastodon/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
• $mastodon/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.js

Links

• 2017-04-29 Change the character limit of your Mastodon instance: doesn't say where some of the files can be found; may be outdated