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If you're posting a question please get to know this tricky little guy: ? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Nyarlathotep@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I've seen a number of posts lately like "How to get yadda yadda yadda" but when you click, the content is actually a question about the subject line, which sucks.

If you're posting a question, please make it look like a question. It's EASY... Just put a QUESTION MARK at the end of your subject line. It looks like this:

We're pirates here, not fucking savages.

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[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 11 points 6 months ago

My (non-english) native language uses the question mark, but many don't use it out of lazyness. I don't think this is a local issue. Also, are there really that many languages that do not use a question mark? I would have thought that is the rarity.

Besides, most english content I read on lemmy are not nearly that bad to justify that.

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago

Fun fact: In Greek the question mark is ";".

[-] CucumberFetish@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

¿Whaaat?

[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

¿Eres tu, Ramón?

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago

If programming memes have taught me anything, this one is that :D

[-] anguo@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I have to admit that I would have never imagined it's a different character than the semicolon if I hadn't seen those. That's bad optimization right there!

Interesting additional info: in Greek, the role of the semicolon is played by a floating period ·