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Subject: Character limit on group news

If you are watching this you have clicked on my profile or stolen this. I dont know why you would do that...

About me? I love Astronomy, I like to play guitar and watch anime. My future lies in Astronomy and so does the future of all of humanity. You should join my Astronomy group Space Explorers.

So I was making a news letter for my group, but I struggled to keep it under 3975 characters as I wasn't allowed to have more.

I really need more than 3975 characters to write my weekly news. Why not expand it?

  • 12.16.2011 9:12 AM PDT

Have you seen my mind anywhere? I seem to have lost it...

0x0 x0x 0x0 000 000 x0x 000
x0x 0x0 0x0 0xx 000 0x0 000
x0x x0x x00 0xx 0x0 x0x 0x0

I have seen you future

I see no reason not to. I guess when they made it they were trying to keep news short and sweet. Really that should be up to group admins, so I vote that the character limit is raised.

  • 12.16.2011 9:15 AM PDT

Don't -blam!- with Kerser!

This. All I am limited to is a retarded small update that is barely worth reading. But It is worth reading because it is Space.

  • 12.16.2011 9:16 AM PDT
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I would really like to know what it is that you were writing that took so many characters. I don't see a problem with Bungie raising the limit, but I don't really see why you'd need so much in the first place.

  • 12.16.2011 9:40 AM PDT

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Maybe it will cause glitches if you have too many characters? I don't know, but it would be nice to have a greater character limit on group news.

  • 12.16.2011 9:43 AM PDT

If you are watching this you have clicked on my profile or stolen this. I dont know why you would do that...

About me? I love Astronomy, I like to play guitar and watch anime. My future lies in Astronomy and so does the future of all of humanity. You should join my Astronomy group Space Explorers.


Posted by: Izak609
I would really like to know what it is that you were writing that took so many characters. I don't see a problem with Bungie raising the limit, but I don't really see why you'd need so much in the first place.

When you are writing a news letter for a group about Astronomy, there is always many news stories that you should get in along with a good intro and end, group review and some group tips.

This takes up many characters and it would be so much better if we could get more characters to make a good news letter on.

  • 12.16.2011 9:46 AM PDT
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Well in my personal experience, I hit the limit before I get a word out - allow me to elaborate.

A news post, in my opinion, should be mildly entertaining to read while still being very informative. With a character limit that's so small, it's hard to do both if you have a lot to say. Interviews, for example, usually take 2-3 news posts - depending on the length of course.
Posted by: Izak609
I would really like to know what it is that you were writing that took so many characters. I don't see a problem with Bungie raising the limit, but I don't really see why you'd need so much in the first place.

  • 12.16.2011 9:46 AM PDT
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Woah, that's all you need to say.
You're dooming yourself to 10 page essays from the go.
Posted by: xXPhantomLinkXx
.... group about Astronomy ...

Huh... I've just not run into this problem yet, I guess.
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  • 12.16.2011 9:53 AM PDT

As far as I'm concerned private groups are far to restricted it what they can and cannot do. I do believe that certain things like the ability to embed images in forum posts should not be allowed. However, there are many features that bungie could provide for us that would have no negative repercussions or chance for abuse.

  • 12.16.2011 10:10 AM PDT

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I would like to see the limit removed as well. I seem to max characters a lot in my group updates.

  • 12.16.2011 2:11 PM PDT

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I don't know what the reason of for a limit, but if it's just to keep them small i'd like to see it removed.

  • 12.16.2011 5:21 PM PDT
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Don't remove it all together. I think it's there to prevent malicious users from purposely eating up memory.
Posted by: Stormkiller626
I would like to see the limit removed as well.

  • 12.16.2011 5:26 PM PDT

Don't -blam!- with Kerser!

You can have 10,000 characters in a forum post but 3,750 in a Group news story.

Flawed, logic is flawed.

  • 12.16.2011 9:40 PM PDT

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Just drink a beer and everything will be ok

Sounds good! Apart from minutely? increasing the load on the site, I can't see what the problem is.

I shall await Achronos.

  • 12.16.2011 10:27 PM PDT

If you are watching this you have clicked on my profile or stolen this. I dont know why you would do that...

About me? I love Astronomy, I like to play guitar and watch anime. My future lies in Astronomy and so does the future of all of humanity. You should join my Astronomy group Space Explorers.


Posted by: SteroidKloud
You can have 10,000 characters in a forum post but 3,750 in a Group news story.

Flawed, logic is flawed.

I can't remember to have used up my 10,000 characters in any other time than when I have created these mega learning threads in my groups. I am happy with it, but I too do not understand why you can have less characters for making a news story.

  • 12.17.2011 1:52 PM PDT
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So just post a thread and put a link to it in the news post...
another problem solved!

  • 12.17.2011 2:02 PM PDT
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This man is pure genius!
Posted by: Telec
So just post a thread and put a link to it in the news post...
another problem solved!

  • 12.17.2011 2:03 PM PDT

If you are watching this you have clicked on my profile or stolen this. I dont know why you would do that...

About me? I love Astronomy, I like to play guitar and watch anime. My future lies in Astronomy and so does the future of all of humanity. You should join my Astronomy group Space Explorers.


Posted by: Telec
So just post a thread and put a link to it in the news post...
another problem solved!

We did, but it would look so much better if we didn't have to cut the news letter into pieces.

  • 12.17.2011 2:20 PM PDT
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“Strange,” mused the Director, as they turned away, “strange to think that even in Our Ford’s day most games were played without more apparatus than a ball or two and a few sticks and perhaps a bit of netting. imagine the folly of allowing people to play elaborate games which do nothing whatever to increase consumption.”

The Black Chapter!

Posted by: xXPhantomLinkXx
Posted by: Telec
So just post a thread and put a link to it in the news post...
another problem solved!

We did, but it would look so much better if we didn't have to cut the news letter into pieces.
You mean you exceed 10000 characters?

  • 12.17.2011 2:23 PM PDT

If you are watching this you have clicked on my profile or stolen this. I dont know why you would do that...

About me? I love Astronomy, I like to play guitar and watch anime. My future lies in Astronomy and so does the future of all of humanity. You should join my Astronomy group Space Explorers.


Posted by: Telec
Posted by: xXPhantomLinkXx
Posted by: Telec
So just post a thread and put a link to it in the news post...
another problem solved!

We did, but it would look so much better if we didn't have to cut the news letter into pieces.
You mean you exceed 10000 characters?

Oh, no I misunderstood what you said. I don't exceed 10,000 on a news post though I prefer to keep it all in the news letter.

It looks so much better to read it in the news letter to then go and discuss it all in the following thread. And in threads you don't get colors and all that.

  • 12.17.2011 2:42 PM PDT

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You could always post it in parts.

  • 12.17.2011 8:37 PM PDT