# Testing Boosts on Meta

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835 "2026-04-03T09:09:47Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/testing-boosts-on-meta/399835/30 "2026-04-03T19:53:13Z")

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> [@Jagster](#):
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> and to give a _free jail_ card for min char limit.

Yes!  
So I was thinking. If someone makes a reply below the character limit, what about converting it into a boost instead of giving the “your post should be X characters” error?

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