In messages, most rules do not apply, including the one about bypassing character limits. So why not just remove the character limit all together? I have done it on my forum, you just need to change one setting.
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Well, that’s a good idea but I can think of something:
You won’t be sending meaningful messages with something that’s less than 10 letters. 10 isn’t a lot and usually, a word or two is enough to fulfill that.
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I think removing it in PMs at a certain TL would be better.
Im 50/50 on this. Where this can help messages but it could also allow people to spam more
That already happens.
This is not possible
It is currently set to 10
I would be fine lowering that down to 7
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It would probably require a custom plugin or something. Not worth the time investment for Ask.
I don’t think that’s possible with Discourse.
It would help a bit more I guess.
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There are still ways to do short posts
I know…? 
The point was to reduce the need of bypassing
I think the other option if it’s not possible to remove the limit, is to add more emoji reactions because a lot of the short replies could be summed up by one of those.
No one said it wasn’t possible to remove the limit.
Ethan and I said it’s not possible to remove the limit for specific TLs