# Strange behaviour of emoticons in character count

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-of-emoticons-in-character-count/19049>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [8월 19, 2014, 1:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-of-emoticons-in-character-count/19049 "2014-08-19T13:45:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![TechnoBear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/technobear/32/40546_2.png) [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Post date:** [8월 19, 2014, 1:45오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-of-emoticons-in-character-count/19049/1 "2014-08-19T13:45:22Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Notifications not clearing properly unless visited from menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-not-clearing-properly-unless-visited-from-menu/19041/6):

> [@TechnoBear](#):
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> Yes, it does. 😄

I was replying to a question of @sam’s, which really just required a “yes” or “no” answer, but of course, Discourse has a 20 character minimum requirement. Stuck for inspiration, I threw in a smilie and found that apparently counts for at least six characters, as you can see.

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