TechCrunch reported that Facebook blocks and prevents you from posting any Polls that contain terms such as MySpace, Orkut, etc. So if you mention the competition it will not allow you to post your Poll giving the following error, “The poll question contains restricted text.”

To bypass this, there is an easy hack…

Create a new poll and Type in your Poll Question with a restricted term.

Hold down on the Alt key and press 0173. This creates a blank character. Carry this out multiple times in the restricted term (Before, in-between and after) that is banned, in our case, MySpace.

e.g. Is Facebook better than M(alt+0173)ySp(alt + 0173)ace(alt + 0173)(alt + 0173)

The Facebook algorithm reads it as shown above and lets you publish your Poll. While to the human eye it will be Is Facebook better than MySpace.

Easy? For proof see the screenshot below…

Know problems:

• You might have to try this a few times, for some reason it rejects it at times and allows it after a few tries.
• Also try placing the Alt 0173 in more random places in the restricted term
• I tired placing a ? at the end of the Poll question and did this hack, for some reason Facebook manages to catch the term despite the hack and will not let you publish the poll.

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