@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ async function isNotLanguage(text: string, language_: string) {
 
 function isMostlyEmoji(text: string) {
   text = text.replace(/\s/g, '')
-  const emojiRegex = /\p{Emoji}/gu
+  // \p{Emoji} also matches bare 0-9, # and *, so keycaps only count as full sequences.
+  const emojiRegex =
+    /[\p{Extended_Pictographic}\p{Regional_Indicator}\p{Emoji_Modifier}]|[0-9#*]\uFE0F?\u20E3/gu
   const emojiMatches = text.match(emojiRegex)
   if (!emojiMatches) return false
   const emojiRatio = emojiMatches.length / text.length
 
@@ -252,6 +252,39 @@ describe('analyzeComment', () => {
       const { signals } = await analyzeComment('Great 👍')
       expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeFalsy()
     }
+    {
+      const { signals, rating } = await analyzeComment('5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐')
+      expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(rating).toBeLessThan(1.0)
+    }
+    {
+      const { signals, rating } = await analyzeComment('🇺🇸 🇨🇦')
+      expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(rating).toBeLessThan(1.0)
+    }
+    {
+      const { signals, rating } = await analyzeComment('👍🏽 👍🏽')
+      expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(rating).toBeLessThan(1.0)
+    }
+    {
+      const { signals, rating } = await analyzeComment('1️⃣ 2️⃣')
+      expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(rating).toBeLessThan(1.0)
+    }
+  })
+
+  test('mostly-emoji ignores digits, # and *', async () => {
+    for (const comment of [
+      'GHES 3.14.2 vs 3.15.1',
+      'See #1234 and #5678',
+      'Version 3.14 broken on 3.15',
+      'Error 500 on 2024-01-01',
+      'Step *1* and *2*',
+    ]) {
+      const { signals } = await analyzeComment(comment)
+      expect(signals.includes('mostly-emoji')).toBeFalsy()
+    }
   })
 
   test('spammy-words', async () => {