diff --git a/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb b/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
index aa20e1210..fac914b32 100644
--- a/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/open_graph_helper.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module OpenGraphHelper
   def og_title(post)
-    meta_tag_with_property('og:title', post_page_title(post))
+    meta_tag_with_property('og:title', post_page_title(post, :length => 140))
   end
 
   def og_type(post)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ module OpenGraphHelper
   end
 
   def og_description(post)
-    meta_tag_with_property('og:description', post_page_title(post))
+    meta_tag_with_property('og:description', post_page_title(post, :length => 1000))
   end
 
   def og_page_specific_tags(post)
diff --git a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
index e12ed5901..cbf5db0a9 100644
--- a/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/posts_helper.rb
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 #   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
 module PostsHelper
-  def post_page_title(post)
+  def post_page_title(post, opts={})
     if post.is_a?(Photo)
       I18n.t "posts.show.photos_by", :count => 1, :author => post.status_message.author.name
     elsif post.is_a?(Reshare)
       I18n.t "posts.show.reshare_by", :author => post.author.name
     else
       if post.text.present?
-        truncate(post.text(:plain_text => true), :length => 20)
+        truncate(post.text(:plain_text => true), :length => opts.fetch(:length, 20))
       elsif post.respond_to?(:photos) && post.photos.present?
         I18n.t "posts.show.photos_by", :count => post.photos.size, :author => post.author.name
       end