Well, counts what you typed in for the smiley, but not the actual HTML that turns into.
So, before you could type in just a for your reply, and since that converted into the full <img src.... your reply would be considered over 15 characters, now it would only count as 2 characters.
for your reply, and since that converted into the full <img src.... your reply would be considered over 15 characters, now it would only count as 2 characters.
