Extend previous friends entries limit

[tsukinokrystal]

Title
Extend previous friends entries limit

Short, concise description of the idea
Increase limit of previous friends entries beyond 1000

Full description of the ideaI think it would be really handy if the 1000 friends entries limit was increased. There are many people who have a lot of friends and/or commuities and it's not always possible to check

Comments

[cmshaw]

It depends on the server capabilities, of course, but I'm all for extending the limit as far as is technically feasible at any time....

[sofiaviolet]

I'm not sure why the friends page is capped at 1000 entries (or two weeks, whichever is limit is reached first). It's only bothered me once or twice.

If this idea does get implemented, I don't think slowly increasing the cap is the way to go. I assume that whoever would make this change doesn't want to have to rewrite the same line/chunk/whatever of code again and again.

I'd be interesting in hearing LJ's reasons for having the 1000 entry/2 week limit, though.

[christine]

My understanding is that it's all about limiting the strain on servers/databases/technical words which I have no business throwing around.

[azurelunatic]

(LJ ate my comment)

Some of this can be accomplished with filtering the friends page. If my information is still current, the 1000 entries is after the page has been filtered, rather than before. So with the built-in personal vs. community friends page filters, that's 1000 community entries, and 1000 personal journal entries. I'm trying to recall if there's a third category of journals that have an automatic filter.

[kunzite1]

i think you're talking about the show argument.

[azurelunatic]

Exactly, thank you!

[ccnuggie]

I'd like to view more than 50 per page...I wonder if they've increased that...haven't checked it in a few years when I set it...50 was max per page then

[ex_uniquewo]

Don't know about the 1000 limit but the 2 week really bugs me. It means you can't see all the posts you've missed on your flist if you go on vacation for more than 2 weeks (and don't take your computer with you, which any sane person should do ;-)).

2 week limit

[rageboy04]

I agree. If anything, they should make it customizable to change the 2 week limit or even the 1000 entry limit. The 1000 I understand would cause server issues, but I don't really get the 2 week one. Personally, I'd rather have a number limit and not a date limit, and that shouldn't be too hard to put in anyway.

Re: 2 week limit

[ex_uniquewo]

Let's find out. ;)