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That's pretty stupid, no? Why doesn't it alert the poster of the clickbaity word prompting him to remove it before being allowed to post it, instead of silently removing it without the poster's knowledge ending up with janky titles?


With the approach you're proposing, we'd possibly start to see titles like "AMD Ryzen 5 8500G: A Surprisingly F*$cin@ting Sub-$200 CPU".


Why? People could also do that now if they wish. You can't stop malicious compliance with a poorly implemented filter. And for that you have the flag button and dang who deletes them.

But if you do have a poorly implemented filter, why not let your users know the rules instead of them finding out through obscurity?

Openness is better than obscurity, no? Isn't that the FOSS ethos?


I prefer that to "a surprisingly sub-$200".




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