# Markup bypasses lower character limit

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/markup-bypasses-lower-character-limit/14541>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [7 Abril, 2014 16:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markup-bypasses-lower-character-limit/14541 "2014-04-07T16:20:20Z")\
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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:** [7 Abril, 2014 23:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markup-bypasses-lower-character-limit/14541/5 "2014-04-07T23:37:40Z")

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This “bug” has been open on Stack Overflow forever, too. Not a bug, that’s just the way it works. Always some way to get around it.

The real solution is that people who keep doing this get banned 😃

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