Facebook feed posts are truncated behind “Show more” — auto-expand full text / limit by line count

[toas-koas]

Description

On Facebook, many posts are initially shown in a truncated form with a “Show more” prompt. The full text is only displayed after the user taps “Show more”. In the app this often results in only a very small portion of the post being readable.

Feature request

The app should automatically expand Facebook post text, either:

• to show the full content, or
• to expand up to a configurable maximum line count (e.g., 5/10/20 lines), after which it may fall back to truncation.

Expected behavior

• Facebook posts should, by default, display as much of the actual text as possible without requiring user interaction.
• The “Show more” prompt should not remain visible in the normal feed view (except as a fallback if auto-expansion is not possible).

Why this matters

• Better readability and context for long posts.
• Less user effort (fewer taps).
• More consistent UX across different post lengths.

Proposed approach (implementation notes)

• Detect the “Show more” element in the Facebook post rendering.
• Attempt to expand it automatically (e.g., by triggering the same user interaction that reveals the full text).
• If automatic expansion isn’t reliable, use a fallback strategy such as:
  • a character limit, or
  • a maximum line count and re-rendering accordingly.

Acceptance criteria

1. Facebook posts that contain “Show more” are expanded automatically when possible.
2. There is a reasonable fallback (either show full text or limit by line/character count).
3. The behavior is consistent across common post types (text-only posts and mixed posts where the textual part is truncated).

Additional context

This issue is particularly noticeable for longer captions/text where only a small snippet is visible until “Show more” is tapped.