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Define what counts as a symbol in the Symbol filter doc#103

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Closes #84.

The Symbol filter page never said what a "symbol" actually is, so readers couldn't tell whether spaces count (they don't — see the discussion on the issue).

Checked against the filter's actual behaviour and added a short definition: a symbol is any character that isn't a letter, a number, or a space — punctuation, math/currency signs, and Unicode emoji all count. Platform emotes are sent as plain words, so they don't.

Two corrections along the way:

  • Minimum amount was described as a minimum symbol count, but it's really a minimum message length gate — messages shorter than it are never checked at all.
  • Maximum percent now says the percentage is measured against all characters in the message, spaces included.

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Doc for Spam Filter "Symbols" does not define "symbols"

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