# Bypassing character minimum on posts via HTML

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [March 29, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970 "2019-03-29T23:26:46Z")
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### Author: ![CaZsm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cazsm/32/164906_2.png) [@CaZsm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CaZsm)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970/1 "2019-03-29T23:26:46Z")

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When posts have a required character minimum, it’s possible to bypass it non-intrusively by adding extra characters into non-rendered HTML.

Examples:  
`<!-- HTML comment -->`  
`<script>Character limit</script>`

[https://gfycat.com/LoathsomeWellgroomedGelada](https://gfycat.com/LoathsomeWellgroomedGelada)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970/2 "2019-03-29T23:34:02Z")

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Yes, this is well known, there are many topics on this. Have a search.

It’s WONTFIX because there are as many methods to bypass as there are grains of sand on a beach. We only care about the common and easy ones.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bypassing-character-minimum-on-posts-via-html/112970/3 "2019-03-29T23:34:05Z")

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