OMFG! [RS shrieks]
> Next I past[e] the whole post into a Mastodon compose field. Working by trial and error, I cut it down to <500 characters, breaking at a para-break and putting the rest on my clipboard. I post, reply, and add the next item in the thread until it's all done.
I have not written any code (10s of thousands of lines of story, tho) since retiring 1½ years ago. I think a JavaScript program to chunk down paragraphs of an essay to <500 character "stanzas*, and adding the *Long Thread /* would be a modest task. Injecting each into a web mastodon input element would require some thought. Hopefully the devs named the div or form field consistently. I shall discuss this with my former project manager (also retired) to scope it out when I visit in a month or so.
Cc: [@lunar_fang](https://mastodon.stickbear.me/@lunar_fang ), Spooky Panda 🏳️🌈 (npub1r95…0u9c)
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist
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2025-08-10 23:00:13 UTC
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