if you remove text, no action should happen
$( ".target" ).change(function() {
//
});
var start_length = $( ".target" ).val().length;
$( ".target" ).keyup(function() {
if($( ".target" ).val().length > start_lenght) {
start_length = $( ".target" ).val().length;
alert('added text');
}
});
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