# 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, 9:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503/13 "2014-09-29T21:41:41Z")

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Nice. 😉

However, as an argument, it slightly misses the mark, because it illustrates creativity, wit and purpose. Those users won’t _ever_ get stopped by an automated detection, short of plugging SHODAN into Discourse.  
On the other hand, as it stands, the merely lazy are simply being re-trained to type in two smileys instead of being deterred or taught to post at least a full sentence… and that’s a bit of a shame.

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