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**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 28, 2000, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492 "2000-12-28T08:27:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/1 "2000-12-28T08:27:08Z")

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Just to see if it works.

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**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/2 "2000-12-28T17:04:00Z")

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I guess it works, if by “works” you mean “get the curious to click and then be disappointed”. :\*(

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**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/3 "2000-12-28T17:10:41Z")

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I too expected far more than was ever likely to emerge from a thread with such an original, yet simplistic name. Oh well, back to real life again… \<sigh\>

- G. Raven

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**Author:** ![scratch1300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@scratch1300](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scratch1300)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/4 "2000-12-28T17:11:05Z")

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Amen. This post was a huge load of sdorgi.

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/5 "2000-12-28T17:26:34Z")

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I pulled this trick a few months ago in MPSIMS with the blank subject, and the body said “This post has no subject.”

**Unclebeer** closed the thread soon after, saying that threads like that have an ability to screw up the indexer.

So, be forewarned… you weren’t the first to do it, and it’s not approved of. 🙂

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/6 "2000-12-28T17:31:42Z")

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Umm, not quite, Montfort. Unless I’m remembering incorrectly, your thread title contained nothing except a space(s). It’s the absence of _any_ character(s) that seems to cause the trouble.

Please correct me if I am indeed mistaken.

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**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/7 "2000-12-28T17:37:17Z")

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You can’t post with NO characters. I was going to in error on a post, and it stopped me.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/8 "2000-12-28T17:47:15Z")

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You were saying?

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**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/9 "2000-12-28T17:55:45Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \*
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> * * *

Looks like you had 2 spaces there. Try quoting that post and see.

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**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/10 "2000-12-28T17:57:04Z")

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Here’s the message you get:

Please complete both the subject and message fields. Press the back button, correct the problem and try again.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_/47492/11 "2000-12-28T18:09:24Z")

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Spaces, yes. Ain’t that what I said?

> [@](#):
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> your thread title contained nothing **except a space(s)**.

Anyway, we’re done here. I’m locking this sumbitch; it really serves no purpose.