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JavaScript ES6, 65.60%
Correctly identifies 581 starred and 731 non-starred.
x=>/s.a|[bl].x|con|pin|[ÿ-ff]|<i|^</i.test(x)
Returns true if the message contains any of star, box, congrats, contest, pin, ping, alex, italic text, a non-ASCII char, or a few various other items; false otherwise.
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