Glad to hear we could help explain and that things are moving along now.
As for the default description length, yes, it can be changed, but it takes a minor code change. The next release, v6.0.4, due out later today actually, will have that count increased from 10 to 50.. which should suit anybody's needs.
The other alternative is to create an Open Graph Object for your pages, where you can have more control of the count from the admin area, but ideally, our defaults work for 90% of people.. and with the update, that should be the case.
So, I'd just wait 24 hours and update, if that works for you.
Thanks,
Alex