Zalgo

I'm just wondering what are the rules (if there are any) around using Zalgo. If you don't know what Zalgo is, it's
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I've heard it is not allowed in SB, or a Profile Page, but I'm not so sure....

Please enlighten me

 

I believe it is allowed as long as you don't do the maximum setting like this: I͍͇̙̟̳̯̩̼̮̬̝͇̭̤̝͌̇ͭ̇͊̔ͯ͆͗ͯͪ̊̚͞ͅ ̸̶̧͙̖͙̩ͣ͌͑̊͛̈̾͌͒̈̾̄̍́́̽̾̌l̷̙̣̦͕͈̘ͥ̾̄ͬͩ͆̽ͥͥ̇ͪ̀ͬ̊̂͗ͣ͡͡͞͠ï̶͇̤̖̠͕͚̒̽̏͛̕͢k̠̯̰̰̗̞͑̈́ͤ̓ͪ̿ͣ͛ͨͥ́̀̚ͅę̧̛͉̲̬͔͇͔̰͓͓̮͖͊͋̄̓̋́̐̽̌͒ͪ͒ͪ̓ͪ̚ ͩ̌̈̂̄ͩ̐͂̍̿̂ͯ͋̂ͮ̍̚͘͏̡̧̫̝̭̭͙̥̞̩̩̦͞ḙ̡̡̖̖̬͔̩̠̄ͦ́̾͢͟͠āͬ̍ͣͪ̃҉̨̨̹̹̳̝̀͞t̶̛͎̬͍̟ͨͯͥͩ̓̇̒ͭ̇͌ͮ̽͑̓̚͜į̵̡̢̙̥͍̗̄ͭ̎̎ͭ̄ͪ̿ͦͤͬͣ̃̌̆ͥ̈͝ņ̈́ͧ̏ͮͥ̎̌̄̌̿͐͊́͝͝͏̙̞͓̱̦ǵ̛̤̟̩͙̼̠͕̘͉̗̗͙̬̬̙͒͊̋ͫ͐̈̀͞͝ ̶̴̭͔̣͔̃̃͆̐ͣ̃ͨ͒́̋͋̀͞r͖̬̜͓̦͓̼̦͓̱̣͖͉̳ͪ͋ͭͫͦ̚͠a̷͙̗̙͎̦̲̮͛͌̊͛̿̀́͠m̬̘̜͙͍͈͈̙̞̙̱̦͛̈́ͩ̎̀̕ͅͅẹ̷̡̡̞͇͖̰̰͚̲͔̟͕̮͖̣͉̯̰̗̇̉̿̊̅͂̔̋̎͋̉̆͆ͯ̈́ͭͦ͡n̶̈ͭ̒͊̐̅̿ͥ҉͏̗͍̠͓͉͙̘͎̘͉̟͔̗͈͎́ ̈ͧ̈̒͏̶̛͎̬̩̘d̨̛̖̯̟̻̻̜̰̺͈̅͗ͣ̐͒͆̀̉̃́̉ͫ͘r̵̦̖͙͙̲̯͉͕̺̦̘̺̟̠͊̃ͪͭͬ̅͢͠ͅÿ̺͎͔̟̯́ͭ̓̈́͐̋̔͌̐̅̿ͭͫ̒̈͡





I think something l͢ik̡͜e҉ ̵̴̧t͢h̀̕i͡͞s͘ is more tolerable to deal with in the SB and such.

 

Not at all to be used in the shoutbox, and don't go nuts with it in general, as Cruuk kindly demonstrated above. Sake of example, I'll let it pass.

 

By 'go nuts' do you mean don't use it too much, or don't put it in high settings.... or both?

 

Both. Cause, as an example.




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Un-Zalgofied, that reads "This is just stupid. You can hardly read this and it really messes with stuff."

Yeah, it's a cool effect but it gets old fast, and I've heard that it can be really resource intensive to view, so it's best to keep it controlled. If we say you can just use it whenever, people WILL abuse it, I'm sure you can guess.

 

Understood. You can lock this thread now, you've answered my question.