Remove the 1000 character restriction

The 1000 character restriction for forum a post needs to be removed. It adds confusion, impedes communication, and just causes people to split one post into several before discovering that the 1000 character limit doesn't apply to editing an existing post. A good example of the havoc the limit causes can be found here.

If the 1000 character limit can be bypassed by editing an existing post, then why have it at all?

Do everyone a favor and GET RID OF THE FORUM POST RESTRICTIONS!