diff --git a/Yep/Configs/YepConfig.swift b/Yep/Configs/YepConfig.swift
index ffd56a82..a694c332 100644
--- a/Yep/Configs/YepConfig.swift
+++ b/Yep/Configs/YepConfig.swift
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class YepConfig {
     
     static let skillHomeHeaderButtonHeight: CGFloat = 50.0
     
+    static let maxFeedTextLength: Int = 300
+    
     class func clientType() -> Int {
         // TODO: clientType
         
diff --git a/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift b/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
index 92382d50..a9ccaf28 100644
--- a/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
+++ b/Yep/ViewControllers/NewFeed/NewFeedViewController.swift
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class NewFeedViewController: UIViewController {
         messageTextView.text = ""
         messageTextView.textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0
         messageTextView.textContainerInset = UIEdgeInsets(top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 0, right: 0)
+        messageTextView.delegate = self
         //messageTextView.becomeFirstResponder()
         
         mediaCollectionView.backgroundColor = UIColor.clearColor()
@@ -265,6 +266,12 @@ class NewFeedViewController: UIViewController {
         
         messageTextView.resignFirstResponder()
         
+        let messageLength = (messageTextView.text as NSString).length
+        
+        if messageLength > YepConfig.maxFeedTextLength {
+            return
+        }
+        
         YepHUD.showActivityIndicator()
         
         let message = messageTextView.text
@@ -479,6 +486,25 @@ extension NewFeedViewController: UICollectionViewDataSource, UICollectionViewDel
 
 extension NewFeedViewController: UITextViewDelegate {
     
+    func textView(textView: UITextView, shouldChangeTextInRange range: NSRange, replacementText text: String) -> Bool {
+        
+        let newString = textView.text! + text
+        
+        
+        if NSString(string: newString).length > YepConfig.maxFeedTextLength {
+            return false
+        }
+        
+        return true
+    }
+    
+    func textViewDidChange(textView: UITextView) {
+        if NSString(string: textView.text).length > 200 {
+            textView.text = (textView.text as NSString).substringWithRange(NSMakeRange(0,30))
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
     func textViewDidBeginEditing(textView: UITextView) {
         
         hideSkillPickerView()
@@ -578,5 +604,3 @@ extension NewFeedViewController: UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationCo
         dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
 }
 }
-
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