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> Normal users don't use text like this I think that depends on the users. People copying and pasting bits of text that was in English or another common langua

> Normal users don't use text like this I think that depends on the users. People copying and pasting bits of text that was in English or another common language— think documentation, code, news articles, tweets, etc.— with a different character set could be problematic. Also, 𝒮ℴ𝓂ℯ 𝒜𝓅𝓅𝓈 marketed as "𝔽𝕠𝕟𝕥𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕚𝕒" would be ℭ𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔲𝔭 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰. (math symbols) A user base with young people getting bounced or shadow banned for trying to express themselves or distinguish themselves from their peers would be like ಠ_ಠ (Kannada letter ttha) I think targeting the language they're using is a better bet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Hirigana letter tsu)

ronsor 5y ago
I can especially echo the "social media fonts" trend. They're quite popular on certain Discord guilds at least. Minor nitpick, but ツ is the katakana tsu.
- chefandy 5y ago
  Oh, fact. Not a Japanese speaker. (or reader)
v_london 5y ago
Bizarrely, I'm seeing recruiters using this on LinkedIn.
- chefandy 5y ago
  huh. For any specific purpose? Does it seem like they avoiding paying for recruiter accounts or something by evading algorithms designed to detect their activity, or is it just for the heck of it?
  - TheSmiddy 5y ago
    It's following some business wank advice to stand out from the crowd like printing your resume on A3 card stock.
    - chefandy 5y ago
      Ah. Sounds like something one of those pickup artists would say if they blindly pivoted into marketing.
cutemonster 5y ago
> pasting bits of text that was in English or another common language If they use many (maybe three? four? or more) character sets in the same post, or different character sets in any single word, then that'd be highly suspicious? Whilst still letting people copy paste from another language Special case needed for the shoulder shrug with an Hirigana letter tsu I mean katakana tsu
zerocrates 5y ago
I've noticed much more usage of alternative Unicode ranges for numbers/letters in email subjects lately to make marketing messages stand out, too (in addition to emoji of course), though I wouldn't necessarily mind banning that...

ronsor 5y ago

I can especially echo the "social media fonts" trend. They're quite popular on certain Discord guilds at least. Minor nitpick, but ツ is the katakana tsu.

chefandy 5y ago
Oh, fact. Not a Japanese speaker. (or reader)

v_london 5y ago

Bizarrely, I'm seeing recruiters using this on LinkedIn.

chefandy 5y ago
huh. For any specific purpose? Does it seem like they avoiding paying for recruiter accounts or something by evading algorithms designed to detect their activity, or is it just for the heck of it?
- TheSmiddy 5y ago
  It's following some business wank advice to stand out from the crowd like printing your resume on A3 card stock.
  - chefandy 5y ago
    Ah. Sounds like something one of those pickup artists would say if they blindly pivoted into marketing.

cutemonster 5y ago

> pasting bits of text that was in English or another common language If they use many (maybe three? four? or more) character sets in the same post, or different character sets in any single word, then that'd be highly suspicious? Whilst still letting people copy paste from another language Special case needed for the shoulder shrug with an Hirigana letter tsu I mean katakana tsu

zerocrates 5y ago

I've noticed much more usage of alternative Unicode ranges for numbers/letters in email subjects lately to make marketing messages stand out, too (in addition to emoji of course), though I wouldn't necessarily mind banning that...