Archived Why is this happening when I am trying to submit a post on a sub I moderate? (slimgur.com)
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Archived Why is this happening when I am trying to submit a post on a sub I moderate? (slimgur.com)
submitted ago by Codewow
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[–] Mr_Wolf 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That was happening to me about 2 am local time so about 16 hours ago, and I was just browsing voat.
[–] Codewow [S] ago
Using quotation marks are what set it off.
[–] PirateBear ago
Something in the message is tripping Cloudflare's protection mechanisms. If it detects certain things in a post (the most common thing reported is quotation marks), it'll do that to keep people from trying to pass scripting commands with their posts. This is because it is a common way to attack a website, and Voat's been under siege off and on for a few weeks. Here is the explanation of an XKCD comic that used this type of attack as a joke.
[–] Codewow [S] ago
It makes sense. There are so many ways to use that attack