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At least for now, you can get around the 100 char limit for titles in YCNews by first submitting with a shorter title and then editing it to have all the chars
by kirubakaran 19y ago
At least for now, you can get around the 100 char limit for titles in YCNews by first submitting with a shorter title and then editing it to have all the chars you want.
- edw519 19y agoAnd dramatically decrease your chances of anyone actually clicking on it (except for me).
- kirubakaran 19y agoI am not advocating it :-) I wanted to give the gist without the user having to click thru to find out. Those who want to actually use that JS library will click through, of course. Plus, won't you agree with the "because I can" factor in wanting to try it? :-)
- edw519 19y agoYes. Actually, (like most things), this makes me want to look for the opportunity. A new AI app - I can see it now... Inputs: LongTitle and CharacterLimit Output: MostEnticingUnderLimitTitle In your case: "Use JS Lib to Make MS IE Suk Less"
- kirubakaran 19y agoI actually did that the first time: "JS lib to make IE behave like a standards-compliant brwsr. Fixes HTML,CSS,PNG issues under IE5 & 6." (exactly 100 chars) But when you can trick the system to let you have more than 100 chars, its kinda cool to do it.
- kirubakaran 19y agoWow! I saw them fix it! Got "page cannot be displayed" for a second and then the title was shortened. Just a blip like deja vu glitch in the Matrix.
- pg 19y agoNothing different happens when an item is in the middle of being edited, either by the submitter or the editors. The next request after the edit is saved just gets the new version.
- pg 19y agoThis hole isn't there because I wasn't aware of it, but because I trust users here. Writing code to enforce rules is boring, so my general approach to abuse is to wait for it to happen before I expend time preventing it.
- kirubakaran 19y agoOops... I am sorry.
- mrtron 19y agoI have the same system, unfortunately people seem to do stupid things all the time.