EDIT: @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works shared something that might help to circumvent this shit:

Contained in these parentheses is a zero-width joiner: (​)

Basically, add those to whatever you feel that might be filtered out, then remove the parentheses. The content inside the parentheses is invisible, but it screws with regex rules.

  • Littux@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    That zero-width hack doesn’t seem to work:

    len("Le()mmy")
8

len("(Lemmy)")
7
    • borari@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      Wait how high am I? The example on top returns a length one higher than the example on bottom, because it has a non-printable character in there right?

    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I’d just post something like:

      I’ll be shadowbanned for posting an actual link or mentioning the full name, but if you google “Lem reddit alternative” you’ll get a lot of hits directing you the good place. Good luck, and see ya on the other side!