From 817727c7c64f677c160debaa2f5d0339ee272cc8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: asonix <asonix@asonix.dog>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:37:35 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update max characters in UI to 500

---
 .../mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx     | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 9222b2dc8..667d4541a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const fulltext = this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting();
     const isOnlyWhitespace = fulltext.length !== 0 && fulltext.trim().length === 0;
 
-    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 2000 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
   };
 
   handleSubmit = (e) => {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             </div>
 
             <div className='character-counter__wrapper'>
-              <CharacterCounter max={500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
+              <CharacterCounter max={2000} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>