Posting accepts blank content (space)
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Description
## Bug Report
**Current Behavior**
Typing nothing but spaces in the discussion composer is accepted as proper content by Flarum.
**Steps to Reproduce**
1. Click on the start discussion button
2. Name it whatever
3. Type nothing but a space in post content
4. Submit
5. See error
**Expected Behavior**
I expected the composer to throw an error letting me know that such content is not accepted.
**Screenshots**
No screenshots, but you can see it here: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/19485-blank-content
**Environment**
- Flarum discuss
- Chrome OS 72.0.3626.122
**Possible Solution**
Check the post content and make sure it isn't nothing but spaces (or something like that).
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Research direction
Start by tracing the discussion composer submission and post-content validation paths described in the report. Reproduce the single-space submission, then verify that whitespace-only content is rejected with a validation error and that normal post content remains accepted.
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Assessment
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100