Mike Martel

BP Limit Activity Length is a simple plugin that forces users to keep the length of their activity updates limited by amount of characters or words.
The plugin adds a character/word countdown next to the Post Update button, and prevents users from typing further than the specified limit. Only new activities will be truncated to the set amount of characters or words
The amount of characters is a simple setting in the BuddyPress administration screens.

BP Limit Activity Length

Even after not being updated in 5 years, this plugin still works!

This plugin still works

Limit the length of your BuddyPress activity updates like Twitter

brianmcculloh

A very unobtrusive and light-weight reading progress bar indicator showing the user how far scrolled through the current post or page they are. You can control placement and color of the progress bar, and you can choose whether it includes just the main content or also the comments.
The progress bar only displays once the user begins scrolling the page so it is as unobtrusive as possible. Once the user stops scrolling or scrolls down past the content the progress bar subtly mutes until it is needed again.
There is also a reading time commitment feature that you can separately enable. Control the placement (above or below title, or above content), style, and whether it displays on posts and/or pages. Uses 200wpm as the metric for average reading time.
You can also place the time commitment label anywhere you want via the [wtr-time] shortcode.

Worth The Read

Looks very promising, but on my site, nothing was added.

Absolutely does not anything :(

An adjustable progress meter showing how much of the post/page the user has scrolled through, and a read time commitment label near the post titles.

BP Limit Activity Length vs Worth The Read