Issue: #402: Comments with no apparent subject using a unicode space
Chromas used a unicode space or zero-width space character to make a comment with no apparent subject. When you get a Message about receiving the comment, the CID is not clickable like it normally would be.
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=21276&page=1&cid=559159#commentwrap
Added 20180115_194523 UTC
There are two comments posted to a journal article and one comment posted to a main page story.
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Journal article: https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/journal/2591 having title: Boy Scouts Accused of "Covert Campaign to Recruit Girls".
Comment #559159: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=21276&page=1&cid=559159#commentwrap; the subject in this case is:
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Comment #559241: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=21276&page=1&cid=559241#commentwrap; the subject in this case is:
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Main page story: https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/09/15/0018245 having title: Apple's New iPhone X will let You Control the Poo Emoji with Your Face
Comment #568360: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=21579&page=1&cid=568360#commentwrap; the subject in this case is, effectively:
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Another view of the subjects in these cases:
mysql> SELECT sid,cid,uid,hex(subject) FROM comments WHERE cid IN (559159, 559241, 568360);
+-------+--------+-----+--------------------------+
| sid | cid | uid | hex(subject) |
+-------+--------+-----+--------------------------+
| 21276 | 559159 | 34 | E2808BE2808BE2808BE2808B |
| 21276 | 559241 | 34 | E2808BE2808BE2808BE2808B |
| 21579 | 568360 | 34 | E281A0E2808B |
+-------+--------+-----+--------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
See Also:
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/200b/index.htm "Unicode Character 'ZERO WIDTH SPACE' (U+200B)"
http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2060/index.htm "Unicode Character 'WORD JOINER' (U+2060)"
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Sunday January 14 2018, @11:06AM
Posted At: 20180114_150640 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Sunday January 14 2018, @11:10AM
Comment_text_002 20180114_150924 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Monday January 15 2018, @11:36AM (1 child)
Posted At: 20180115_153621 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Monday January 15 2018, @11:37AM
Posted At: 20180115_153649 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Monday January 15 2018, @11:36AM (1 child)
Posted At: 20180115_153635 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Monday January 15 2018, @11:37AM
Posted At: 20180115_153712 UTC
A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Monday January 15 2018, @10:06PM (1 child)
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A sig for when you want to see one
(Score: 2) by Bytram on Friday January 26 2018, @10:30AM
A sig for when you want to see one