• SSTF@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    My car is having a problem. I need a solution.

    What problem is it having?

    That is irrelevant.

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      10 months ago

      Or like

      “Does anyone know how to silently pick deadbolts?”

      “Uh, why do you need to do that? Is it your house?”

      “Look, I just need to know how to do it.”

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        10 months ago

        Well that example actually makes sense. It demonstrates that you don’t necessarily need to know the specifics in order to help, you just want to know because you’re apprehensive. What the commenter you were replying to was saying was a completely disingenuous comparison.

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      10 months ago

      I can’t believe you would ask them about their car like that, truly way over the line and you must be a terrible person, just because it’s absolutely essential information gives you no right to go prying in their business like this, etc etc etc

      (as much as I hate “/s”… /s.)

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      10 months ago

      I said what the problem is. Comments are getting deleted. And I’m specifically asking if anyone knows a character format that doesn’t get removed. You don’t need to know what content is being removed in order to suggest a character format. I don’t know why you’re not understanding this.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think the rest of us have had this problem to the extent that we know a special character format.

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      10 months ago

      This is a false equivalency. I’ll try to spell it out clearly.

      I’m looking for a character format (a type of alternative text characters) that doesn’t get removed.

      It’s not necessary to know what content is being removed in order to suggest a character format that doesn’t get removed.

      So I don’t know why you’re so focused on trying to determine what the content is when it actually is irrelevant to the question I’m asking.

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        10 months ago

        I’m pretty sure people are focused on what the content is because they have reservations about helping someone bypass filters to post stuff that may be offensive enough to be deleted in the first place.

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          10 months ago

          Well thank you for understanding what no one else seems to get, at least. I thought I was going insane.

          You don’t physically need to know what the content is, in order to suggest a text character that doesn’t get removed.

          People might have a reason why they don’t want to provide a text character that doesn’t get removed.

          But since I’ve stated that the content is unproblematic in any way, there should be no problem with providing one.

          Hopefully someone is willing and able to help.

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          10 months ago

          Nothing I’m saying is offensive, and trust me, a lot of completely unoffensive and harmless comments are blocked, while very offensive content is allowed. It often makes no sense either, and I think the bots are literally broken. A quick Google search about this issue shows some people wanting to post admittedly offensive things, but other people who were trying to make completely innocuous comments and still having them get removed. And it’s really varied and inconsistent what gets deleted. I’m in the latter camp.

      • Zeppo@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        Not many possibilities, are there? People substitute letters with number or punctuation that look like the letters, use various homophones, or split up words with punctuation. Maybe you could try translating your comments to Greek or Romanian.