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Related: About this forumJust a word to the wise. Trashing a title works on words containing the trash term, not just the whole word.
I used a three letter word in my trash list, and it matched a longer word containing it.
Haven't seen this until today.
I THINK!!!
Gone from the list!
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Just a word to the wise. Trashing a title works on words containing the trash term, not just the whole word. (Original Post)
usonian
Jan 2024
OP
Wow. Had no idea, but I just checked by trashing the word "rash" and that made your
highplainsdem
Jan 2024
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emulatorloo
(45,604 posts)1. Where do I find my trash list? Thanks!
usonian
(14,863 posts)2. I had to poke around.
My DU -> Trash Can. (next to the read Sign Out button)
Happy trashing!
I overdid it.
emulatorloo
(45,604 posts)3. Appreciate it!
sunflowerseed
(355 posts)4. Lol acceptance is the key
And I might be drunk...oh I'm definitely Drunk!
cheers
highplainsdem
(52,930 posts)5. Wow. Had no idea, but I just checked by trashing the word "rash" and that made your
thread here vanish, till I restored that word.
I never trash threads anyway, but it's good to know that trashing one word can inadvertently trash others.
usonian
(14,863 posts)6. I found out the hard way.
Like "Where the heck is my thread?"
I looked for words to trash in "Silicon Valley insiders are trying to unseat Biden with help of AI" and found none.
Looking through the list, I found "Sea". Well, there it was.
Being a long-time Unix person, that's a subset match (as in grep)