Using only a zero-width non-joiner, and maybe other characters, allows unclickable titles.
Now that Joel had to be the grown-up and spoil the fun, here's what the home page looked like:
asked Mar 25, 2010 at 17:11
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How is this any different than posting a bunch of unicode spaces in the post body? Or other general abuse of the system?
The short answer is "don't do that", and the longer answer is "if you keep doing that, there will be consequences."
edit: I added the zero-width non-joiner to our length check routine. You'll have to move on to other more obscure unicodez.
answered Mar 26, 2010 at 5:14
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21That's an utterly boring answer. But since I tend to give the check mark to the official response, there you go. Mar 26, 2010 at 5:57
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2@balpha you know what else is boring? Unicode spaces. I'm just sayin Mar 26, 2010 at 6:09
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4Unixode is not an abuse of the system. It merely shows that the system is underspecked.– tchristJun 3, 2011 at 22:57
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^ Methinks this is still broken, though how important that is, I don't know. Sep 6, 2013 at 22:31
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17I have an account I use with a blank username that posts blank questions, blank answers, and blank comments. My posts are everywhere - and nowhere.– user27414Mar 25, 2010 at 17:36
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5@Jon B: I feel like you're playing a game of Mad Libs with us. I pick the adjectives "smelly", "green", "wooden", and "effervescent". Mar 25, 2010 at 17:42
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2@gnov - I do try to post effervescent comments...– user27414Mar 25, 2010 at 17:43
In order to reproduce this, just use ‌ enough times to beat the minimum length filter. I even have it above this text.
You can also type Alt+200B in a text field.
answered Mar 25, 2010 at 17:44
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4let me try on my Linux workstation: fail. Oh, no worries, I've got a Mac too, let me try again... fail. Alt+200B. Sure thing. Mar 25, 2010 at 21:12
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