bigPaws Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 You cannot submit a blank post. You may be able to submit a post that appears blank, but I can also make a post that says "This is not useful" or even "....." -- if you have a member that wants to be a troll, they'll be a troll. It's like every house in the world having a sign in their yard that reads "don't let your pet soil my lawn" -- some things are just common sense and you're not going to fix or necessarily even deter inconsiderate people. It's frankly not worth the development effort to try and thwart people that can put forth an extra fraction of a second to put "abc" in a post to annoy you. You put the development effort in to stop people submitting blank replies and things like a swear censor, despite it being easy to substitute characters and still effectively swear. Why bother with these if the attitude is that a troll will troll?My understanding is, as alluded to by Andy and Matt, that there wasn't really a way to stop people posting blank edits - when you had something like that it apparently broke embeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Lindy Posted April 2, 2015 Management Share Posted April 2, 2015 Apples. Oranges. The censor is to prevent otherwise casual posters that slip up and use profanity, perhaps without intentionally meaning to do so. We don't go out of our way to prevent people abusing the censor with special characters either. Likewise, we're not going to spend a whole lot of time on people who want to be obnoxious and try to create empty posts. Matt indicates he's fixed the single space on edit concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted April 2, 2015 Management Share Posted April 2, 2015 As there is a lot of passion over this, I've made a simple check to catch spaces and line breaks only. It is far from foolproof but will catch an accidental deletion and save. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ77 Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 As there is a lot of passion over this, I've made a simple check to catch spaces and line breaks only. It is far from foolproof but will catch an accidental deletion and save.That seems reasonable and very logical. Thanks Matt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilihead Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 You cannot submit a blank post. You may be able to submit a post that appears blank,No, you CAN! That was whole point here. Edit, clear contents, save.As there is a lot of passion over this, I've made a simple check to catch spaces and line breaks only. It is far from foolproof but will catch an accidental deletion and save.Excellent, thanks! That's perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikestart Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 As there is a lot of passion over this, I've made a simple check to catch spaces and line breaks only. It is far from foolproof but will catch an accidental deletion and save. That'll go a long way to encourage non-trolls to input something sensible if they edit out their post. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackelk Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Even though I don't think it was a big deal, it's very encouraging to see the IP team address the concerns of the users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 As there is a lot of passion over this, I've made a simple check to catch spaces and line breaks only. It is far from foolproof but will catch an accidental deletion and save.I didn't follow this post so I guess I don't care about the context, but I am impressed that you have made this change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigPaws Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 Even though I don't think it was a big deal, it's very encouraging to see the IP team address the concerns of the users. Yes thanks @Matt and @Lindy for responding. I guess one man's mole hill is another man's mountain - not that I think this was a mountain of an issue at all - just that we all see the importance of things differently - like Charles and the whole search by topic title thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersnGears Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 ^ That's an 8px period. Does it represent anything less or more than a completely empty post?I got a napkin out because I thought there was dust on my screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted April 2, 2015 Management Share Posted April 2, 2015 Yes we want blank posts. We desire blank posts.@bigPaws You know what we need? An announcement!(inside joke - he'll get it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigPaws Posted April 2, 2015 Author Share Posted April 2, 2015 I did and it made me smile As for liking blank posts, you love my click bait titles "10 features in v4 that IPS really don't want you to know about" is my next one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilihead Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 "Wait till you see what happens in number 8!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblackelk Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Board Admins HATE him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted April 2, 2015 Management Share Posted April 2, 2015 This one trick will save you hundreds in license fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexsplosions Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 This one trick will save you hundreds in license fees.But is it one weird trick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMikeyB Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 It involves a picture of a dog, I believe.(get it, Charles?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexsplosions Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 It involves a picture of a dog, I believe.(get it, Charles?)One with big paws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 3:16 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 3:16 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 That is how a blank post is done ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ77 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 This is the equivalent of forum meditation. It's online yoga! Well done son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 3:16 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 LOL, no wonder I felt clearer, better, faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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