Facebook's Punctuation Police

Apparently Facebook doesn’t approve of how I punctuate. The nerve.

I’m testing out their new ad system today (your feedback welcome), and they told me, "The text of your ad cannot contain 2 punctuation marks/signs in a row."

Ouch.

Screenshot below (click for full size).

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It turns out you also can’t say the word "shit" but you can say "crap." Live and learn.

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