Quote Originally Posted by DPZ2 View Post
Because we'd have no patience with a single post that takes 10-15 minutes to read?

Because typing 5-10 thousand words 'just to make a point' might be seen as overkill?

Because we really don't want to read an in-depth 'rant' that is that long?
Speak for yourself. I for one like reading and writing posts that aren't so short and devoid of detail that it may as well be a shorthand text message. Larger limits allow for more detail and nuance on a subject that probably needs more than three sentences to discuss. And as people have figured out how to bypass the original 1k limit anyway (and that SE clearly doesn't care) there doesn't seem to be any real reason to have a limit at all or at least not one so small. A larger limit also reduces spam too since the people who aren't aware of the bypass technique usually wind up making a chain of posts anyway.

So I for one am glad that the limit has been increased, even though I wish it were higher or gone completely. Most of my longer posts don't usually exceed 2k characters anyway.

Side note, it would be nice if SE added a character counter so I don't have to attempt previewing or posting just to find out I'm only a few characters over the limit, which has ironically happened with this very response.

Side side note question: Is this change live yet? Do I need to clear cookies? Because not counting this paragraph here, this post is well under 2000 characters and the forums are still preventing me from submitting it normally.