Thanks for clearing this us. I was counting my characters for purpose of raising my post quality. I was counting it without the white spaces. Good to know. Thanks MadGamer!
DO NOT DO THAT. Do not count your characters to increase your post quality for this site. The post quality indicator on this site is ABSOLUTELY MEANINGLESS. When you are trying to pad your posts with extra characters, your post will be considered spammy resulting in it being deleted and eventually you being banned.
I Will be removing the post quality from the output. The quality will still be factored into the estimation but you will not be able to see it. I will also be changing that part of the algorithm slightly