On: It’s not wrong that "\u{1F926}\u{1F3FC}\u200D\u2642\uFE0F".length == 7 (2019)

[rileymat2]

Except, this is a response to emoji support, which does have encoding issues even if your user base is in the US and only speaks English. Additionally, it is easy to have issues with data that your users use from other sources via copy and paste.