# What are 20chars?

**URL:** <https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498>\
**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498 "2020-08-14T15:41:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Rachel699](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.codecombat.com/rachel699/32/13569_2.png) [@Rachel699](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Rachel699)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498/1 "2020-08-14T15:41:36Z")

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Hey~ I started this topic because I don’t know what 20chars are 😶, and why they are used 🤨. I’ve seen many people use it; I’ve gotten many notification including “20chars” 📧, but ironically, I don’t know what it’s for 😝. Here are some examples 🌺:

> thx(20chars)

> np(20chars)

> hi!(20chars)

# 😆

~Rachel  
_BTW, I hope I categorized this correctly._

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**Author:** ![dedreous](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.codecombat.com/dedreous/32/13849_2.png) [@dedreous](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/dedreous)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498/2 "2020-08-14T16:09:20Z")

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The mechanics of the forum requires that each reply must be at least 20 characters in length. This is to help prevent spamming.

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**Author:** ![Rachel699](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.codecombat.com/rachel699/32/13569_2.png) [@Rachel699](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/Rachel699)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498/3 "2020-08-14T17:15:14Z")

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Alright 🙂, thanks for telling me ;-;  
~Rachel

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**Author:** ![xython](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.codecombat.com/xython/32/7269_2.png) [@xython](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/xython)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498/4 "2020-08-14T19:48:46Z")

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“20 characters” is used when someone has nothing to say, but has a frantic desire to spam the topic.  
Do you know that “DFTT” means “Don’t feed the troll” and the whole phrase is exactly 20 characters?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/codecombat/original/2X/c/c19cf0ce907d20e2a97217216b719fff99d0d678.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![CocoCharlie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.codecombat.com/cococharlie/32/19081_2.png) [@CocoCharlie](https://discourse.codecombat.com/u/CocoCharlie)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.codecombat.com/t/what-are-20chars/23498/5 "2020-08-16T03:16:03Z")

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I was wondering this too! thx