some people I follow will send a "toot" that completely fills my screen, as their server has no 500 char limit. Wouldn't it make sense to give followers on #Mastodon a way to limit the size of msgs hitting the home timeline?

@resist1984 depends entirely on the instance admin. I'm cool either way, but having a little extra wiggle room isn't bad. But I think if its over 600+ limit then it prob belongs in a blog post.

@jordan31 i'm talking about timeline control, which should be a user option not a server option. Note that if I search for a hashtag or look at the timeline of a specific account, the large posts are fine. It's just the "Home" timeline where it's irritating to see spontaneous posts that flood all other posts off the screen.

@resist1984 ah, so you would like an option to truncate all posts over a user defined limit, for your timeline?

@jordan31 yes, but it would also be nice to see the full msg if I opt for it, on demand.