# 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:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503/3 "2014-09-26T13:23:56Z")

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I agree with this. Better to stop forum silliness before it gets out of hand and clutter up your categories.

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