# \[test emoji removed from title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906 "2017-06-26T13:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/1 "2017-06-26T13:38:45Z")
Just had to test to see how the pew pew characters looked in a title, feel free to delete. (The system will allow only 2 of the characters in the title for some reason.) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/2 "2017-06-26T13:40:33Z")
Yep, still goes crazy as a thread title. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/3 "2017-06-26T14:05:54Z")
I see two tiny black icons shooting what seems akin to a black bolt of laser energy to the upper right (~30 degrees, to be exact). It shows up on the ATMB main page too in your title. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/4 "2017-06-26T14:10:38Z")
Looks like Vietnamese. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/5 "2017-06-26T14:12:59Z")
_:blinks:_ I think you broke my browser. Or maybe my computer. Or possibly the Internet. > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I see two tiny black icons shooting what seems akin to a black bolt of laser energy to the upper right (~30 degrees, to be exact). It shows up on the ATMB main page too in your title. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/6 "2017-06-26T14:26:31Z")
I thought it was going to be about these sorts of emojis, which I think are rendered by most browsers independently of the server that… ummm… serves them up: ������ ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/7 "2017-06-26T14:28:00Z")
OK, weird. They were there, then I edited my post, now they seem not to be possible ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/8 "2017-06-26T14:37:34Z")
ค้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้้ŭ huh, what font is this? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/9 "2017-06-26T14:38:20Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > OK, weird. They were there, then I edited my post, now they seem not to be possible See [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=829607) thread (which inspired my post.) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/10 "2017-06-26T15:11:59Z")
**Moderator Note** I removed the test emoji from the title as this can royally muck with some browsers. There’s no problem doing this for a test, but please do not put emoji type characters or other special characters in thread titles elsewhere on the board as this can cause issues for some browsers. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/11 "2017-06-26T17:08:22Z")
Oh oh, bad news when we have to be careful not to upset the overlord Browsers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/12 "2017-06-27T03:24:57Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > (The system will allow only 2 of the characters in the title for some reason.) Each one takes 88 normal characters. If you search google for just one of them it gets an [error that the word is too long](https://s7.postimg.org/m93q27c63/thaicharactergoogle.jpg). While it would annoy the mods and posters to no end if these were overused here on the boards, it’s worth noting that they work in many venues. Except Facebook, which is really a shame because I’d love to be able to pew pew pew FB posts that I find displeasing. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/13 "2017-06-28T03:19:03Z")
I’m not sure why more sites don’t have limits on how many of those you can put on a single character. Even Thai must have some reasonable maximum that’s actually useful. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-emoji-removed-from-title/789906/14 "2017-06-28T04:14:41Z")
Wouldn’t the limit be imposed by the browser, not by the page? Unless the writers of a webpage anticipated people using them to scribble all over the screen, and put in some special safeguards just to prevent that.