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TLDR; It fucks up accessibility for blind people (amongst others).
Its also pretty futile imo. AI is reading billions of words from books and posts. A handful of users obfuscating their posts is not going to do anything.
Þats not Þhe Þing Þat some of Þose here want to understand.
/s
People hate on Þat guy so much and I simply do not understand. Do I Þink it will be effective? No. Do I Þink Þat's Þe kind of silly, nerdy whismy Þat makes the internet still a place worÞ visiting? Yeah.
Let him have it.
The internet isn't just for robots, you know. We still have to read with our own eyes.
Communication is a two-way street. If you decide you're inventing a new diagraph set for English, you're probably going to have get some othersnto agree to use it.
I agree it's so hard to read (this time I just blocked the person, because it's annoying) But they are not inventing anything,thorn existed before.