TIL That the maximum length for a Steemit post title is blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah 255 characters

[cognoscere]

Yup, 255 characters.

As empirically verified while creating a new Steemit post (i.e. this one), and also via the following JavaScript code snippet from the steemit.com GitHub project:

    const maxKb = isStory ? 100 : 16
    const validate = values => ({
        title: isStory && (
            !values.title || values.title.trim() === '' ? 'Required' :
            values.title.length > 255 ? 'Shorten title' :
            null
        ),
        category: isStory && validateCategory(values.category, !isEdit),
        body: !values.body ? 'Required' :
              values.body.length > maxKb * 1024 ? 'Exceeds maximum length ('+maxKb+'KB)' : null,
    })

It also appears from the above code snippet that the maximum story body is 102400 characters (i.e. 100 Kilobytes).

Comments

[tootsweet17]

Hi, I need some help. I am unable to post anything on my blog because under the title box (which is empty) it says 'shorten title' in red and as a result of this the 'post' button just isn't getting activated, even though i enter title, main text and tags correctly. I would much appreciate some advice - sincerely, Marina

[hilarski]

As the social media guy that dam title length is a big headache for sites like Twitter.

[cognoscere]

Maybe it was done intentionally, who knows 😏

[onlyvoluntary]

this gave me a laugh lol

[cognoscere]

Thanks @onlyvoluntary!

[haphazard-hstead]

I've been wondering about that. I've had long titles, and never seemed to get cut off. I should have pushed it once or twice. Nice sleuthing! : )

[cognoscere]

Me too, curiosity finally got me and I had to check it out.