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Short sentences will be posted.
However, the long text I really want to write shows an error and cannot be posted.

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Are there any prohibited words when posting? If there are banned words in the content, will an error occur and I won't be able to post?

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SJIBambooWhistle wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 9:32 am Are there any prohibited words when posting? If there are banned words in the content, will an error occur and I won't be able to post?

We have a word filter, but it only changes certain Admin-flagged words: obscenities and words that attract spambots, mainly, are automatically changed by the system to another form so the reader, human or otherwise. sees something else as a substitute. Strictly as a hypothetical example, the offending word X might be filtered to read "omelette", or something else unrelated to the original. No one's fooled, but there's a certain level of Southern decorum that Dale favors, and I don't disagree with it. This is Admin-controlled, and you'll see some playful Dale-ish whimsy behind what the word filter does.

In fuller answer to your question: No, the system doesn't go into error mode over these things. Your difficulties are a systemic issue, and TBH they are likely from your end, but although Ben has done a lot of work on this particular matter, we're still not ruling out a deeper Chiffboard glitch just yet. But we're close to ruling it out since no other members have reported this issue, and that's why we suspect that while Ben did find stuff to fix, the issue may be two-sided somehow. We'll keep at it as far as we can, but we can only be responsible for what's going on with the Board, and there's no question that nothing's wrong with your account on our end. If there is something on your end as we suspect, our hands are tied. You will have to get your IT sorted out.

Oh, and welcome back, in spite of all.