deliberately misleading error message.
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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For every that doesn’t understand what this is about.
They are trying to filter content from 4chan
The images you upload gets scanned. If they contain the words “anonymous” it checks if it also contains “no.” And if it does it assumes its from 4 chan and then deliberately serves a misleading error.
I love that the piefed creator came here only to say he'll yeah it does that and fucked off without acknowledging how terrible of a design it is