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Notes [Unofficial]Aug 25, 2026

Tech (or political?) choices

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In.summaryJul 19, 2026

discovery and thoughts

discoverythoughts

Cronaca di Bologna notizie e approfondimenti - Repubblica.it [U…Apr 21, 2026

Sudan, oro e bambini soldato: le mille guerre delle milizie

Cronaca di Bologna notizie e approfondimenti - Repubblica.it [U…Apr 14, 2026

Khartoum, nella città dei fantasmi

InsideHook | News, Reviews, Health, Travel & Fashion for Men [U…Mar 19, 2026

Landon Donovan Is an Open Book

julianFeb 25, 2026

Reduced engagement due to Article type

NodeBB federates out `Note` or `Article` depending on the length of the content. While this by-and-large works, the article logic does not encourage as much discussion as expected because a `summary` is generated so as to provide something for microblog-style software to show (otherwise, it would only show the title (`name`) and a URL to the forum.) That summary is limited to a maximum or 500 characters, ending at the last full detected sentence. When composing a long topic, 500 characters may not be enough to fully introduce the topic and engage users. This lowers click-through rates. I expressed my frustration about this online to @thisismissem and suggested that I might just revert back to sending the entire post content in `summary`. This would violate FEP b2b8's recommendation that summary be a maximum of 500 characters: > It should be a maximum of about 500 characters; a few sentences; or a short paragraph. After consultation with Matt Baer of Writefreely (@matt@writing.exchange), he suggested the following changes:[...]

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