I personally don't think word limits are no fun or makes it very very limiting.
In fact, I reckon word limits really brings out the better writers because it's often harder to create a short story that is actually good. Sure, short stories may be 5 pages now, but in this case, I doubt a suitable "short story" would be 5 pages long since you won't even be able to complete the story in 1 post.
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