lor.sh/patches/fix-character-limit.patch

diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index 9222b2dc8..e2ce71b96 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) > 100500 || (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={100500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
index dc841ded3..734ab143b 100644
--- a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
+++ b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class StatusLengthValidator < ActiveModel::Validator
-  MAX_CHARS = 500
+  MAX_CHARS = 100500
   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23