this post was submitted on 07 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

~~Why a regex?~~ ~~What do you actually want to filter out?~~ ~~Could it be descriminating?~~

~~Do you want to prohibit specific phrases?~~ ~~What abt dfrnt spllngs?~~

The original comment I replied to did not include considerations about future extensions.

So my - downvoted - comment is even more relevant. There are more important things to put valuable manpower on it. centsdroppedandleave

What U C is What U Get, huh?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

One example I could think of is title-tagged posts given the lack of a tag implementation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just saying it's an easy one to start with to get familiar with the system

And yeah it could be used to verify "tags" in the title, or require you put the year for something like a movie title or game, like (1993)

also my comment kicked off a little discussion in here, so that's nice too