Won't fix Empty Quotes trigger Alerts.

[Kyle12]

Same sort of thing as this other Bug Report I filed Bypass 'Please enter a valid message.' post restriction. You can trigger highlights with bogus empty messages, while in reality they contain an empty quote of the target.

See the below example (If you're a mod). Otherwise, quote the user and remove all of their text. They should receive an Alert.

[quote="Kyle12, post: 367310, member: 10034"][/quote]

 

[Kyle12]

 

[Chris D]

Good spot.

I'd argue that a blank quote should probably generate an error.

 

[Digital Doctor]

 

[Digital Doctor]

I use it to my advantage ... it's like a Blind CC in email.


When there are 12 people in a thread that are looking for something, I'll frequently collect them all (over over 10 pages) and then just paste a link (usually to a new thread) that shows that there request has been granted .... and will "blank quote" them to alert them.

 

[Mike]

As mentioned, this has been used intentionally by some people. It is a borderline bug, but I'm going to leave it for that usage right now, I think.

 

[Kyle12]

Sigh... Alright Mike. It would be infinitely better to just implement native tagging.