Is this a mastodon instance? Mastodon is a twitter clone that doesn't allow long posts? All the posts but the first come collapsed and I have to click on each to read it. Is someone measuring engagement?
Yes it’s Mastodon, designed for short posts. I doubt anyone is measuring engagement
This can be configured in the instance settings and I've seen some support up to 5000 characters.
Well if 1 line is the default, it leaves a bad taste. There was no need to clone twitter.
The default post size limit on Mastodon is 500 characters, there is no line limitation. I suppose the message split here is mostly influenced by the user's desire or familiarity carried over from Twitter.