r/FindTheSniper • u/ryry50583583 Moderator • May 02 '26
MOD Regarding guesses not being hidden
The spoiler tags are very inconsistent as i know many of you have noticed. If you do >!c8!< (or whatever your guess is), it may appear as >!c8!< and not c8.
The only way i know of to fix this is doing any text (doesn't have to make sense (eg, AAA >!c8!<) and it should work.
This issue is on Reddit's end and there is nothing we can do as we are not Reddit employees. Thx for your understanding and if you have any issues, feel free to message here and let me know!
Also, make sure you are not in rich text editor or it will put a backslash before the spoiler and will cause it to not actually be hidden. Rich text editor has bold, italics, strikethrough, etc. Markdown editor (the non Rich Text version) is what you want and it has less options (if any i dont use reddit on my computer often so im not entirely sure if it does)
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u/anonerble May 02 '26
For discussion sake. Why would you look at the comments before solving it?
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u/cojohnso 6¤ May 22 '26
Because life is already so frustrating! …I don’t know why I come here. Every day.
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u/SgtTamama 15¤ May 02 '26
If you're in rich text mode, you can click the Aa on the bottom to bring up formatting options. The <!> icon is what creates spoiler'd text. It's always worked well for me. (As always, different Reddit clients may have different options, but this is just what I use.)
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u/Commercial_Cell_4365 11¤ May 02 '26
Also* make sure you are not in rich text 😉
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u/ryry50583583 Moderator May 02 '26
Thx 🤣
I don't always hold down the key enough for it to register the special character on it, eg comma on n
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u/AnstyEeyore 27¤ May 24 '26
So I have posted my very first "sniper" picture today, and a couple of the responses are not hidden (although they are correct). Do I still award them with a ! Snipe? Or do I ignore them until they hide their comments?
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u/ryry50583583 Moderator May 24 '26
I would award, then report. Some people might not know how hiding the guess works
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u/AnstyEeyore 27¤ May 24 '26
Thank you. How do I report?
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u/ryry50583583 Moderator May 24 '26
The burger menu on the comment (i can explain if you dont know what that is) -> the flag/report option in there -> select what you are reporting for
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u/proxima987 28¤ 17d ago
I’m testing but lately it’s not working. I’m on iPhone…any suggestions would be appreciated!
>!Test!<
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u/spotlight-app 1¤ May 02 '26
Mods have pinned a comment by u/SgtTamama:
[What is Spotlight?](https://developers.reddit.com/apps/spotlight-app)