# Functional moderating tags

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functional-moderating-tags/842142>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 22, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functional-moderating-tags/842142 "2019-10-22T16:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functional-moderating-tags/842142/21 "2019-10-23T13:42:45Z")

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So, you’re telling me these here “phone” things don’t have system-wide macro apps?

:dubious:

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functional-moderating-tags/842142/22 "2019-10-23T14:13:57Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> Yeah, I’d be surprised if most of us hadn’t moderated from our phones.
> 
> Hell, I’ve banned spammers who are out of control at red lights.

Ah, I love the fresh sweet smell of misplaced modifiers in the morning…😛

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/functional-moderating-tags/842142/23 "2019-10-23T19:52:19Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> Yeesh.
> 
> Create macro. On keystroke of your choosing, insert left bracket, “color=red” right bracket, space, left bracket, “size=3”, right bracket.
> 
> On a similar keystroke (perhaps alt-whatever-you-used) insert the same stuff except with the slashes, to turn the formatting back OFF.
> 
> This isn’t rocket science.

You say that, but I tried your instructions, and three astronauts died when my PC caught fire on the launch pad.

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