# 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:** ![AdamCapriola](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/adamcapriola/32/5192_2.png) [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503/5 "2014-09-26T16:33:16Z")

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If `:) :p` isn’t enough to meet the 20-character threshold, 🙂 😛 shouldn’t either.

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