# 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:** [26 سبتمبر 2014، 1:02م 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:** ![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:** [26 سبتمبر 2014، 7:26م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoticons-should-not-count-toward-the-post-character-minimum/20503/7 "2014-09-26T19:26:27Z")

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Why lock the front door to your house? A determined enough criminal will get in no matter what…

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