# A mysterious test thread

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055
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**Created:** [April 25, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055 "2016-04-25T01:29:01Z")
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### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055/1 "2016-04-25T01:29:01Z")

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[I wonder what will appear in the preview?]

Yeah, I made a test thread for this.

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### Author: ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055/2 "2016-04-25T01:33:42Z")

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[This has been done several times before.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=695697) 🙂

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### Author: ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-test-thread/753055/3 "2016-04-25T01:52:30Z")

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I knew that and I’ve seen those threads, but I just wanted to review the technique and try it myself to make sure I get it right.

(Bonus points to anyone who finds the recent thread in which I just used this trick.)