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Philip Newton ([personal profile] pne) wrote2007-12-07 10:33 pm
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[identity profile] denial-land.livejournal.com 2007-12-07 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Title: I see what you did there! ;)

[identity profile] otana.livejournal.com 2007-12-07 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! I was just going to say that. :P
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Explain, please?
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
I don't get it? Is there some reference I'm missing?

[identity profile] denial-land.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
there's nothing to get, really, more like, aha, I appreciate this witty pun in the subject. "I see what you did there" is like a standardized phrase for such an occasion ;)

[identity profile] nyssa.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Why can't we search for "xyyxyxy"? Somebody pointed that out, but didn't explain what, exactly "xyyxyxy" means. :/ I googled it, with no luck.
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xyyxyxy

[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
I can search for it; I merely get no results.

With things such as "perspicacity", on the other hand, I get "Sorry, Dave, I can't let you do that". (Not precisely in those words.)

Re: xyyxyxy

[identity profile] nyssa.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, okay. Maybe the guy was just yanking our chains, then.

Also, I propose that, whatever the error message is, it should be changed to "Sorry, Dave, I can't let you do that", perhaps replacing "Dave" with the person's username.
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Re: xyyxyxy

[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. That would be pretty geeky.

(FWIW, the message is currently "Sorry, we're unable to help you find users matching the interests you've provided.")

Re: xyyxyxy

[identity profile] nyssa.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
Not as geeky as my first thought when seeing "xyyxyxy", which was, "Wait, wasn't it supposed to be 'xyzzy'?". :/

[identity profile] fledchen.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
It probably has to do with gender identity, polyamory, or sexual orientation.

[identity profile] ghewgill.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
Google to the rescue:

spice girls inurl:profile site:livejournal.com (http://www.google.com/search?q=spice+girls+inurl%3Aprofile+site%3Alivejournal.com)

It seems pretty pointless for LJ to try to block this sort of thing.
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[identity profile] pne.livejournal.com 2007-12-08 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
Presumably it's a CYA manoeuvre; many of those are pretty pointless.
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