DashBuster

What it does

Replace em dashes on any website. Pick your replacement character and see which sites overuse them the most. Tired of writers who think a 2-em-dash sentence like this makes them sound smarter? DashBuster silently replaces every em dash on any website with the character of your choice. One toggle. Zero tolerance.

• HN
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• SI
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