Spelling rules

CBL said:

@Thedoccc it kind of helps keep "people" from finding this forum when using a search engine with certain terms, though it doesn't keep bots/scrapers away on its own.

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LW815 said:

This. Anybody/any”thing”(if you search active members it’s like 90% bots of varying companies/origins clearly and actively searching/watching the site) already aware of this place, as somebody else who I can’t remember(may have been @xenxra which I don’t think I spelled right) put it “it’s like hiding in plain site, in a dark forest against people wearing night vision goggles” or something to that effect. It’s not to protect you per se, but more so to protect visibility of the site by people searching certain words, especially those of obscure or new magazines or ones that that result in your posts being altered/removed or you being banned for even talking about.

But in the same regard there’s things that shouldn’t be openly said or discussed no matter how it’s spelled(or misspelled) as it’s a surefire way to get this place shut the fuck down faster than a fly on shit. These things should be obvious, but it seems new members that likely joined because many people don’t alter any spelling are the biggest offenders of openly asking and discussing things that shouldn’t be talked about period, at least anywhere outside of a private and preferably e2e encrypted method of communication. While I admittedly am far from a perfect, or even good example keeping things vague and to the point without any real discussion or names or anything are a key element of protecting yourself and others in the event that somebody somewhere deems this place of interest to do whatever against.

Alternative names/abbreviations keep traffic down, which keeps attention down, which allows this place to exist without being a target of real interest. It isn’t a m@rk£t. It’s not a website that allows, condones or promotes the s@l£ or use of anything questionable in the eyes of L£, but rather a place for people to discuss the reputation, legitimacy and to leave reviews of authors and to call out the ones who scam.

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Halif said:

Something I'm curious about with the alternative spellings thing: how much should spellings be altered?

If the word I want to write about is "apple", would it suffice to write "@pple"?

Or would it better to go with something like "@pp1£"?

There's a fair bit of variation in the way different users write the names of things. Sometimes it's obvious what they're writing and other times it requires some mental gymnastics to figure out. This is especially true when people are discussing a novel or generally unknown item - if the reader doesn't already know what the thing is, they might not be able to de-code the alternative spelling.

Is it possible that some forum members may be over-complicating things? Or is it possible that I have been oversimplifying things by only changing a couple of letters to symbols or numbers?

Some guidance on this would be appreciated.

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Halif said:

Something I'm curious about with the alternative spellings thing: how much should spellings be altered?

If the word I want to write about is "apple", would it suffice to write "@pple"?

Or would it better to go with something like "@pp1£"?

There's a fair bit of variation in the way different users write the names of things. Sometimes it's obvious what they're writing and other times it requires some mental gymnastics to figure out. This is especially true when people are discussing a novel or generally unknown item - if the reader doesn't already know what the thing is, they might not be able to de-code the alternative spelling.

Is it possible that some forum members may be over-complicating things? Or is it possible that I have been oversimplifying things by only changing a couple of letters to symbols or numbers?

Some guidance on this would be appreciated.

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Gracie5 said:

Simple alterations are easiest to comprehend. Like @LW815 said, it’s to discourage bots from finding us using proper spellings in searches.
As a paid member, you will be able to search posts outside of here, on any search engine. So don’t be surprised if you do search a term and find information here. Just because you can see doesn’t mean those who don’t pay can see also.
Parts of the forum can be seen by anyone. The Shoutbox, for example, can be seen and that’s why we discourage anything there to be about specifics of the site.

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