# Emoticons should not count toward the post character minimum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [September 26, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503 "2014-09-26T13:02:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![elberet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elberet/32/122404_2.png) [@elberet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elberet)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503/11 "2014-09-29T14:25:48Z")

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\<!-- `cooked.gsub(/<[^>]*>/gm,'').length` should be good enough. 😉 –\>

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