diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7b9d03795a..6021181f77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Die Instanz basiert auf Mastodon und ist vom offiziellen Quellcode-Repository ge
 
 Gegenüber der Mastodon-Standardinstallation gibt es folgende Änderungen.
 
-- Zeichenlimit von 500 auf 700 Zeichen erhöht
+- Zeichenlimit von 500 auf 1500 Zeichen erhöht
 
 
 [Vollständige Liste aller Änderungen](https://git.rabbithole.cyou/paravielfalt/mastodon/compare/stable-4.1...paravielfalt-4.1).
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/compose/components/compose_form.jsx
index c222784a2f..a24803eb06 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) > 700 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
+    return !(isSubmitting || isUploading || isChangingUpload || length(fulltext) > 1500 || (isOnlyWhitespace && !anyMedia));
   };
 
   handleSubmit = (e) => {
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ class ComposeForm extends ImmutablePureComponent {
             </div>
 
             <div className='character-counter__wrapper'>
-              <CharacterCounter max={700} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
+              <CharacterCounter max={1500} text={this.getFulltextForCharacterCounting()} />
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb b/app/validators/status_length_validator.rb
index 9636a6a09d..bb4cb7954a 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 = 700
+  MAX_CHARS = 1500
   URL_PLACEHOLDER_CHARS = 23
   URL_PLACEHOLDER = 'x' * 23