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A former Gizmodo writer changed his name to ‘Slackbot’ and stayed undetected for months (www.theverge.com)
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[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is a space, so it's correct that it shows up. Non-breaking means that something like line wrap won't happen.

Putting it in the middle of a word will show up. That trick must've been a different character.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Ohh though u where talking about zero width spaces they are also fun.