What does a comment titled “aoeu” or “asdf” mean?
Some commenters feel they have something important to say, but they do not include a title for their comment. So they title their thoughts with nonsense letters like “aoeu” or “asdf”. These character strings come from typing the first four letters in a row from the left hand “home” position of the Dvorak keyboard (aoeu) or the more familiary ‘QWERTY’ keyboard (asdf). If you are unable to title your comment, it is suggested that you either do not post, or that you use something like a naked “Re:” if responding to somebody else’s comment. Some posters say they use “aoeu” as a protest against the site requirement that comments must have a title. (Earlier versions of the site did not require comment titles.) Others feel that not including a comment title is either lazy or a waste of protest energy, believing that there are many better things to protest about than trying to make sense.
What does a comment titled “aoeu” or “asdf” mean?