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bowenbowen Sup?Registered User regular
in H.Q. Reception Desk
Just noticed this today I put some text in [ ]'s and it activated some crazzzzzy stuff.

[I did something like this] and then this happened.

not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Make sure you quote that to see what's going on.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    bowen wrote: »
    Just noticed this today I put some text in [ ]'s and it activated some crazzzzzy stuff.

    [I did something like this] and then this happened.

    Dunno if something got fixed really quickly, but I don't see anything unusual when I quote the OP.

    edit: nm, see below.

    Smasher on
  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    [test]

  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Seems to only happen if you mark something that has a BB code tag.

    So doing something like [ b this sure is good] will bold this (test: [b this sure is good] will bold this)

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    [s icko] sicko [s icko]

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    bowen wrote: »
    [s icko] sicko [/s icko]

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • SmasherSmasher Starting to get dizzy Registered User regular
    Oh, just tried requoting the OP; I see what you mean. I was looking for a spew of text, but I see the I tag now.

  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    Seems to treat brackets as BBCode regardless. I guess that's okay, just gotta be careful if I use them in text and cause hilarious results with it.

    not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
  • kimekime Queen of Blades Registered User regular
    All right, that's pretty hilarious.

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  • ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    Well there are actually in-built ways to hide text.

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  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    edited October 2012
    bowen wrote: »
    Just noticed this today I put some text in [ ]'s and it activated some crazzzzzy stuff.

    [I did something like this] testing.

    [I think this is]Interesting

    zerzhul on
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