As to the removing of tragically misspelled things, does that mean fluther team tolerates no lolcat speak and other nonsense?

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[Mod says] Yes, you are right, we are fairly strict about poorly spelled Qs and quips. Outright textspeak is not tolerated. Words like crapulence will be ok. I see Andrew is crafting too, he’ll have more to say as well.

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