Index: bp-blogs.php
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--- bp-blogs.php	(revision 3519)
+++ bp-blogs.php	(working copy)
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@
 		$action = apply_filters( 'bp_blogs_record_activity_action', $action );
 
 	if ( !empty( $content ) )
-		$content = apply_filters( 'bp_blogs_record_activity_content', bp_create_excerpt( $content ), $content );
-
+		$content = apply_filters( 'bp_blogs_record_activity_content', bp_create_excerpt( $content, 55, false ), $content );
+		
 	/* Check for an existing entry and update if one exists. */
 	$id = bp_activity_get_activity_id( array(
 		'user_id' => $user_id,