Why DP allow special character in Title, like - *#@4 ??

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    Why Digital Point allow this type

    Titles "***Example - Exaple**Buy Now! $23 ####

    lots of peoples use this '#@$' special characters in Buy,Sell & Trade and Full forum look like a "Ugly Forum"


    also this type titles look like a scam.
     
    kunnusingh, Sep 18, 2009 IP
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    Smyrl Tomato Republic Staff

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    In some cases there are legitimate uses for special characters.
     
    Smyrl, Sep 18, 2009 IP
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    It does not look like a scam, at all :rolleyes:

    Maybe they want to attract more attention to their thread.

    cheers. :D
     
    ads2help, Sep 18, 2009 IP
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    Well it would not attract a lot of people as everyone uses it just like you said
     
    szczypka, Sep 18, 2009 IP
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    Normally these special characters are used by members to make their thread more catchy.
     
    HumanVirus, Sep 23, 2009 IP
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    Those would put me off, I have never seen them, but I never click on threads especially in BST that have loads of spam characters or CAPs etc.
     
    calum, Sep 23, 2009 IP
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    I guess you could consider those special characters "click optimization" ;) But they guy does have a point, there is no need for these characters.

    I just browsed and here are a few I came across.

    [WTS] ██►10 Unique CAR INSURANCE articles|CS Passed|454-562 words|High Quality!◄██
    [WTS] ►► 5 Web Hosting Articles | 100% Unique | 2341 Words | Canadian Writer
    [WTS] ★█ 10 "DEBT CONSOLIDATION" Articles|475+ Words|High Quality|CS Passed|100% Unique! █★
    [WTS] ♣ ♣ 11 Unique Weight Loss, Career & General Articles ♣ ♣ CS passed > $18
    [WTS] 4 Unique Articles for sale [!!!!! "Make money online" !!!!!] - $10

    I've nothing against this but it does attract your attention more and will force others to also use these special characters.. (at which point these special characters have lost their value)

    A quick plugin could be written that simply strips these special characters from the post title (as well as !,*,@,# etc) (and capitalization)
     
    premiumscripts, Sep 25, 2009 IP
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