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    I've noticed when typing out lengthy PMs that there's a 5000 character limit. It's a minor thing, I know, but cutting chunks out of your messages, or splitting them into two entries is rather irritating. It also goes against our human instinct to avoid double-posting.

    Could this be changed, please?
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    If you're writing an essay, why don't you email them instead?

    5000 letters (5 KB of plain text) seems overkill to me to be honest, if anything, it should be reduced
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    I don't see how a 5,000 character PM is different from a 5,000 character post, except that they're far rarer. Still, I'll take your point and try e-mailing from now on, inconvenient though it may be.
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    How many posts are there that are actually that large anyway?
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    I've had millions of PMs over the character limit. Literally? Ah sure, why not? But that's mainly due to a long quote conversation.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cl_out
    How many posts are there that are actually that large anyway?
    There are plenty of examples in EoEo, but like I said, 5,000+ messages are pretty rare, but they do exist.

    Increasing the character limit won't make the PMs any longer, it'll just make sending them possible. A couple of extra sentences can't be too much trouble, surely?
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    I'll change it to 9999 when I have 2 free hands
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    Quote Originally Posted by cl_out
    I'll change it to 9999 when I have 2 free hands
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    Quote Originally Posted by cl_out
    I'll change it to 9999 when I have 2 free hands
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    Yeah, clout's comment made me go O_o.

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    There's a simple solution to this: "Part 1", "Part 2", "Part 3", etc. If a PM is that long, tack that on to the end.

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