But you’re right, if someone is determined to spam the board with weird variations of his/her phrase, just to evade your filters, they could do it, but (a) it would be tough, since they don’t know what filters you have in place, and (b) if they did, the phrases would start to look like spam selling viagra pills.
It works on anyone’s posts. but the effect is only on the local browser, one with the script loaded and enabled. Similar to ad block or other extensions and plug-ins. I do not see the ads on my browser, but no one else is affected.
I range from proficiency to simple familiarity with Javascript, C++, Groovy, Grails, Java, PHP, HTML, python, perl, and various basic languages used for writing macros…
I continue to have high hopes that I will solve some tricky problem like fuzzy string searches or maybe write the next Angry Birds or some must-have App…
I know I will never never never EVER write ANY code, script, method, app, program, or software suite to reduce complaining, whining, kvetching, bitching, moaning, grumbling or gruntling.
The truth is, the more code you write to address such behavior, the greater the expectation that you should be able to fix annoying little problems. You have no idea how many times I’ve heard the phrase, “It would be nice if…”